Breakdown of zhè gè wèntí hěn jiǎndān.
Used when counting nouns or when specifying a specific instance of a noun.
There are also classifiers for people, for bound items such as books and magazines, for cups/glasses, etc.
The classifier 个 is a general one that can be used for any of these.
Questions & Answers about zhè gè wèntí hěn jiǎndān.
个 is a measure word (classifier), and most countable nouns in Chinese need a measure word after a demonstrative like 这 (this) or 那 (that).
So the basic pattern is: 这 + 个 + noun → 这个问题 (this question/problem).
You can sometimes hear 这问题 in spoken, casual Mandarin, but 这个问题 is the standard and safest form, especially in writing or in more careful speech. Different nouns normally use different measure words, but 个 is a very common “default” one.
In this sentence, 很 is often not strongly emphasized as “very”.
In Mandarin, you generally cannot say:
- 这个问题简单。 ✗ (sounds incomplete or unnatural as a neutral statement)
Instead, you usually add a degree adverb like 很 before an adjective, giving:
- 这个问题很简单。 ✓
Here, 很 is often just a linking adverb making the sentence natural. Whether it feels like “is simple” or “is very simple” depends on the context and intonation. In everyday speech, with neutral intonation, it usually just means “is simple.”