HSK 5 · Education

论文 lùnwén “paper” in Chinese

Traditional 論文

What 论文 means

  1. paper
  2. treatise
  3. thesis
  4. to discuss a paper or thesis (old)

Measure word 篇 piān · 一篇论文 yì piān lùnwén

How to say 论文

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale论lùn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale文wén2nd tone, rising

论文 in a sentence

  1. 你的论文还需要改进。

    Nǐ de lùnwén hái xūyào gǎijìn.

    Your essay still needs some improvement.

    Sentence #10024483 from Tatoeba

  2. 你的论文写完了吗？

    Nǐ de lùnwén xiě wán le ma?

    Have you finished writing your thesis?

    Sentence #12686912 from Tatoeba

  3. 要翻译那篇论文，我最少需要三天时间。

    Yào fānyì nà piān lùnwén, wǒ zuìshǎo xūyào sān tiān shíjiān.

    I’ll need at least three days to translate that paper.

    Sentence #1879954 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 论文 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 论 (lùn) with each of its parts in a different colour
论lùnopinion
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yán
  • 仑logical reasons · lún
The character 文 (wén) with each of its parts in a different colour
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.

How to write 论文

论 6 strokes · 文 4 strokes

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

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

Words related to 论文

Words with 论

讨论tǎolùn · to discuss无论wúlùn · no matter what or how辩论biànlùn · debate议论yìlùn · to comment争论zhēnglùn · to argue理论lǐlùn · theory结论jiélùn · conclusion论证lùnzhèng · to prove评论pínglùn · to comment on言论yánlùn · speech

Words with 文

中文Zhōngwén · Chinese language文化wénhuà · culture课文kèwén · text (of a lesson)文章wénzhāng · article文明wénmíng · civilised文字wénzì · writing作文zuòwén · to write an essay文件wénjiàn · document文学wénxué · literature文具wénjù · stationery (pens

More words: Education & Learning

经典jīngdiǎn · classic课程kèchéng · course朗读lǎngdú · to read aloud录取lùqǔ · to admit (a student)目录mùlù · catalogue拼音pīnyīn · pinyin (romanised Chinese)声调shēngdiào · tone (of a syllable)试卷shìjuàn · examination paper

FAQs

论文 (lùnwén) means “paper” or “treatise”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it lùnwén: lùn with a 4th tone, then wén with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 论文 is written 論文. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 篇 (piān). For example, one paper is 一篇论文 (yì piān lùnwén).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type lunwen with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 论文 from the suggestions. Typing lunwen into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
论文 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.