HSK 6 · Media

稿件 gǎojiàn “manuscript” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 稿件 means

  1. manuscript
  2. contribution (to a publication)
  3. piece of writing submitted for publication
  4. article

How to say 稿件

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale稿gǎo3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale件jiàn4th tone, falling

稿件 in a sentence

  1. 编辑每天要看很多稿件。

    Biānjí měitiān yào kàn hěn duō gǎojiàn.

    Editors read many manuscripts every day.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 请在周五前把稿件发给我。

    Qǐng zài Zhōuwǔ qián bǎ gǎojiàn fāgěi wǒ.

    Please send me your article before Friday.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 稿件 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 稿 (gǎo) with each of its parts in a different colour
稿gǎomanuscript
  • 禾grain · héMeaning part
  • 高tall · gāoSound part

禾 hints at the meaning (grain); 高 (gāo) hints at the sound. Compare it with gǎo.

The character 件 (jiàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
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 稿件

稿 15 strokes · 件 6 strokes

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稿件 (gǎojiàn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 稿件 (gǎojiàn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 稿件

Words with 件

件jiàn · measure word for clothes邮件yóujiàn · mail电子邮件diànzǐ yóujiàn · email条件tiáojiàn · condition文件wénjiàn · document证件zhèngjiàn · certificate软件ruǎnjiàn · (computer) software硬件yìngjiàn · hardware零件língjiàn · part案件ànjiàn · legal case

More words: Media & Arts

雕塑diāosù · sculpture对联duìlián · couplet (on scrolls beside a door)发布fābù · to release发行fāxíng · to issue公告gōnggào · announcement工艺品gōngyìpǐn · handicraft轰动hōngdòng · sensation节奏jiézòu · rhythm

FAQs

稿件 (gǎojiàn) means “manuscript” or “contribution (to a publication)”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it gǎojiàn: gǎo with a 3rd 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. 稿件 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type gaojian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 稿件 from the suggestions. Typing gaojian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
稿件 is an HSK 6 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.