HSK 2 · Numbers

件 jiàn “measure word for clothes” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 件 means

  1. measure word for clothes, matters and items
  2. item
  3. component
  4. classifier for events, things, clothes etc

How to say 件

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale件jiàn4th tone, falling

件 in a sentence

  1. 这件衬衫多少钱？

    Zhè jiàn chènshān duōshǎo qián?

    How much is this shirt?

    Sentence #9956164 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 请问您有多少件行李？

    Qǐngwèn nín yǒu duōshǎo jiàn xíngli?

    How many pieces of luggage do you have?

    Sentence #8777616 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 那件事谁都知道。

    Nà jiàn shì shéi dōu zhīdao.

    Everyone knows about that.

    Sentence #403269 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 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 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 件

件 6 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 件

Words with 件

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稿件gǎojiàn · manuscript

More words: Numbers & Money

九jiǔ · nine十shí · ten百bǎi · hundred第一dìyī · first零líng · zero千qiān · thousand两liǎng · two (of)次cì · times

FAQs

件 (jiàn) means “measure word for clothes, matters and items” or “item”. It is an HSK 2 word, so it is one of the words learners meet early.
Say it jiàn: jiàn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 件 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 件 from the suggestions. Typing jian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
件 is an HSK 2 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.