Can anyone tell me the difference between 枝 and 支?
Do I write
一支笔
Or
一枝笔
What's the difference?
Nicole-J
February 14, 2012
Oggiedoggy
February 14, 2012
http://www.hwjyw.com/teacher_hua/200910/t20091009_32434.shtml
Unless you are talking about real twigs and sticks, it's better to use 支. Even stick shaped, non-stick items should take 支 with guns as an example in my Perapera-kun dictionary.
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