Sentence #827518 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted
How 文件 is built
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文wénlanguage
亠lid · tóu
乂to govern · yì
Memory aidDrawn from a person with a pattern on the chest. It came to mean writing and culture.
件jiànitem
亻person form of 人 · rén
牛cow · niú
Memory aidAn old explanation: a person 亻 dividing an ox 牛 into pieces: an item, one of many.
How to write 文件
文 4 strokes · 件 6 strokes
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Stroke order chart for 文件 (wénjiàn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
文件 (wénjiàn) means “document” or “file”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it wénjiàn: wén with a 2nd tone, then jiàn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 文件 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 份 (fèn). For example, one document is 一份文件 (yí fèn wénjiàn).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type wenjian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 文件 from the suggestions. Typing wenjian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
文件 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.
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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.
文wén2nd tone, rising
件jiàn4th tone, falling
