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+#measure #demonstrative
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+A measure word is required between a numeral and a noun. It's also required when a demonstrative is used before a noun:
+```
+demonstrative + measure + noun
+```
+1. 这本书
+   zhè běn shū
+   this book
+2. 那张票
+   nà zhāng piào
+   that ticket
+3. 哪条裙子
+   nǎ tiáo qúnzi
+   which skirt
+
+In the case where a noun is modified by both a demonstrative and a numeral, the former comes before the latter, followed by the measure:
+```
+demonstrative + numeral + measure + noun
+```
+1. 这五个朋友
+   zhè wǔge péngyou
+   these five friends
+2. 那十二件衬衫
+   nà shí'èrjiàn chènshān
+   those twelve shirts
+3. 哪四张地图
+   nǎ sìzhāng dìtú
+   which four maps
+
+The combination of the demonstrative and/or numeral combined with the measure word forms one structural unit, modifying the following *head noun*. In speech, people often leave a small pause before the modifying unit and the head noun. The head noun can even be omitted if it is easily inferred, for example when answering some quantifying questions.