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碗
Meaning
- bowl
- cup
Measure word
只 zhī or 个 gè
Example sentence
我帮她洗碗。
I helped her wash dishes.
The character 碗
碗 is 石, stone, beside 宛 — a bowl, once cut from it. It is its own measure word: 一碗饭, 两碗汤, with nothing needed in between. 洗碗 is doing the washing up.