The typical form is [(v) + (measure word) + (n)]

Example: [买了 (v) + 几次 (measure word) + 东西 (n)]

你去那間超市买了几次东西?

But "买东西" is commonly treated as a single word for "to shop"

If we treat "买东西" as a single verb, the measure word would be placed after it. e.g. [(买东西) + (几次了?)] = [(shopped) + (how many time?)

你去那間超市买东西几次了?

Similarly:

If you treat "讀書" as '讀'(v) + '書'(n), the measure word would be placed after the verb 讀. e.g. [(讀)+ (三年) + 書(n)]

If you treat 讀書 as a single word for 'study; read' then the measure word would be placed after the verb 讀書. e.g. [(讀書) + (三年) ]

• [买东西] and [讀書] are [separable verbs] that are made up of [v + n]

The typical form is [(v) + (measure word) + (n)]

Example: [买了 (v) + 几次 (measure word) + 东西 (n)]

你去那間超市买了几次东西?

But "买东西" is commonly treated as a single word for "to shop"

If we treat "买东西" as a single verb, the measure word would be placed after it. e.g. [(买东西) + (几次了?)] = [(shopped) + (how many time?)

你去那間超市买东西几次了?

Similarly:

If you treat "讀書" as '讀'(v) + '書'(n), the measure word would be placed after the verb 讀. e.g. [(讀)+ (三年) + 書(n)]

If you treat 讀書 as a single word for 'study; read' then the measure word would be placed after the verb 讀書. e.g. [(讀書) + (三年) ]

• [买东西] and [讀書] are [separable verbs] that are made up of [v + n]

• The common practice for placing measure word with separable verbs like these is to insert it between [v] and [n] parts of the word

The typical form is [(v) + (measure word) + (n)]

Example: [买了 (v) + 几次 (measure word) + 东西 (n)]

你去那間超市买了几次东西?

But "买东西" is commonly treated as a single word for "to shop"

If we treat "买东西" as a single verb, the measure word would be placed after it. e.g. [(买东西) + (几次了?)] = [(shopped) + (how many time?)

你去那間超市买东西几次了?

Similarly:

If you treat "讀書" as '讀'(v) + '書'(n), the measure word would be placed after the verb 讀. e.g. [(讀)+ (三年) + 書(n)]

If you treat 讀書 as a single word for 'study; read' then the measure word would be placed after the verb 讀書. e.g. [(讀書) + (三年) ]

The typical form is [(v) + (measure word) + (n)]

Example: [买了 (v) + 几次 (measure word) + 东西 (n)]

你去那間超市买了几次东西?

But "买东西" is commonly treated as a single word for "to shop"

If we treat "买东西" as a single verb, the measure word would be placed after it. e.g. [(买东西) + (几次了?)] = [(shopped) + (how many time?)

你去那間超市买东西几次了?

Similarly:

If you treat "讀書" as '讀'(v) + '書'(n), the measure word would be placed after the verb 讀. e.g. [(讀)+ (三年) + 書(n)]

If you treat 讀書 as a single word for 'study; read' then the measure word would be placed after the verb 讀書. e.g. [(讀書) + (三年) ]

• [买东西] and [讀書] are [separable verbs] that are made up of [v + n]