(jiàn) - (measure word for items, matters, clothing) in Mandarin
jiànTraditional: 件
Translation
(measure word for items, matters, clothing)
Word origin
A compound of 人 (rén, person) and 牛 (niú, ox), thought to depict dividing an ox into portions, from which it took on the sense of a single item or piece.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 人 (rén, person) + 牛 (niú, ox)
Stroke order
件
Examples
。
I bought a new piece of clothing.
。
This matter is very important.
李。
There are several pieces of luggage on the table.
。
He did a good deed.
。
This gift is for you.
件 (jiàn) is a measure word used for individual items, matters and articles of clothing, as in 一件衣服 (an item of clothing) and 一件事 (a matter). It counts discrete things rather than abstract amounts.
Where this fits
Appears in 4 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 件.
Used in
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(1)Grammar articles
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