Chinese

文件

/wən³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
document (collection of papers, or official paper); file (Classifier: 份 m)
  • HSK 3
  • TOCFL 5

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  • characterChinese文 “original form of 紋／纹 (wén, “mark, pattern, design, tattoo, decoration”)”
  • characterChinese件 “to separate; to distinguish”
    • ideaChinese人 “man; person; people (Classifier: 個／个 m c; 隻／只 h)”
    • ideaChinese牛 “bovine, e.g. cow, bull, ox, buffalo, bison, yak (Classifier: 頭／头 m c mb md; 條／条 m g h x; 隻／只 m c g …”

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