Discussion of 下 [xià] (to indicate repetition of an action); (to indicate one's ability or skill); (dialect, to indicate amount of sth in a container) - Trainchinese

1 - In Chinese, there are two categories of measure words: those indicating units of persons or things, and those indicating the frequency of an action. As a measure word, 下(儿) belongs to both groups. When it is a verbal measure word (the 2nd category), 下(儿) can be translated as “once“, but to differentiate it from other verbal measure words such as 趟 and 遍, we need to point out that 下(儿) has two meanings: Meaning 1: number of times that something happens E.g.1 - 铃铛响了两下。 [phr] The bell rang twice. Meaning 2. an action that lasts for a very short time. E.g.2 - 看一下 [v] have a look 一下(儿) has the function as a verbal reduplication. E.g. 看一下(儿)，看一看，看看 all have the same functions. If you would like to learn more about other similar verbal measure words, please check out these entries in our dictionary: 次(ci4)，趟(tang4) and 遍 (bian4).

在汉语中，量词分为两大类：一类表示人、物的单位，另一类表示动作的频率。作为量词，'下（儿）'属于这两类。当它作为动词性量词（第二类）时，'下（儿）'可以译为'一次'，但为了与其他动词性量词如'趟'和'遍'区分开来，我们需要指出'下（儿）'具有两种含义：含义1：某事发生的次数。例如1 - 铃铛响了两下。[短语]钟声响了两次。含义2.持续非常短暂的动作。例如2 - 看一下[v]看一下。'一下（儿）'具有动词重复的功能。例如，看一下（儿）、看一看、看看，都具有相同的功能。若欲深入了解其他类似动词性量词，请参阅词典中的'次（cì）'、'趟（tàng）'和'遍（biàn）'等条目。