HSK 5 · Society

证件 zhèngjiàn “certificate” in Chinese

Traditional 證件

What 证件 means

  1. certificate
  2. papers
  3. credentials
  4. document
  5. ID

How to say 证件

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale证zhèng4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale件jiàn4th tone, falling

证件 in a sentence

  1. 我的证件丢了。

    Wǒ de zhèngjiàn diū le.

    I’ve lost my ID.

    Sentence #10011673 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我需要一张证件照。

    Wǒ xūyào yì zhāng zhèngjiànzhào.

    I need an ID photo.

    Sentence #10534918 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 你需要携带两张白底的个人证件照。

    Nǐ xūyào xiédài liǎng zhāng báidǐ de gèrén zhèngjiànzhào.

    You need to bring two ID photos of yourself on a white background.

    Sentence #13849248 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 证件 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 证 (zhèng) with each of its parts in a different colour
证zhèngto admonish
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yán
  • 正straight · zhēng
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 证件

证 7 strokes · 件 6 strokes

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

Words related to 证件

Words with 证

保证bǎozhèng · guarantee证明zhèngmíng · proof签证qiānzhèng · visa证据zhèngjù · evidence论证lùnzhèng · to prove验证yànzhèng · to verify证实zhèngshí · to confirm证书zhèngshū · certificate公证gōngzhèng · notarisation辩证biànzhèng · dialectical

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软件ruǎnjiàn · (computer) software硬件yìngjiàn · hardware零件língjiàn · part案件ànjiàn · legal case稿件gǎojiàn · manuscript

More words: Society & Law

违反wéifǎn · to violate (a law)移民yímín · to immigrate义务yìwù · duty战争zhànzhēng · war证据zhèngjù · evidence政府zhèngfǔ · government政治zhèngzhì · politics志愿者zhìyuànzhě · volunteer

FAQs

证件 (zhèngjiàn) means “certificate” or “papers”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it zhèngjiàn: zhèng with a 4th 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.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 证件 is written 證件. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhengjian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 证件 from the suggestions. Typing zhengjian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
证件 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.