These two types are alternatively called count-classifier and mass-classifier, since the first type can only meaningfully be used with count nouns, while the second is used particularly with mass nouns. The latter type also includes certain words denoting lengths of time, units of currency, etc. Sometimes, however, the two are distinguished, with classifier denoting a particle without any particular meaning of its own, as in the example above, and measure word denoting a word for a particular quantity or measurement of something, such as "drop", "cupful", or "liter". The terms "classifier" and "measure word" are frequently used interchangeably (as equivalent to the Chinese term 量词 ( 量詞) liàngcí, which literally means "measure word"). There are also various other uses of classifiers: for example, when placed after a noun rather than before it, or when repeated, a classifier signifies a plural or indefinite quantity. There are also other grammatical contexts in which classifiers are used, including after the demonstratives 这 (這) zhè ("this") and 那 nà ("that") however, when a noun stands alone without any such qualifier, no classifier is needed. For example, in Standard Mandarin, the first of these phrases would be 一 个人 yí gè rén, where yī means "one", rén means "person", and gè is the required classifier. When a phrase such as "one person" or "three books" is translated into Chinese, it is normally necessary to insert an appropriate classifier between the numeral and the noun. One use of classifiers is when a noun is qualified by a numeral known as a noun phrase. The modern Chinese varieties make frequent use of what are called classifiers or measure words. General classifier ( gè in Mandarin, go3 in Cantonese), the most common Chinese classifier
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