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件

jiàn · jian

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Meaning

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  1. item
  2. component
  3. classifier for events, things, clothes etc
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  1. Liangliang

    搬家(bānjiā)一共(yīgòng)有(yǒu)几(jǐ)件(jiàn)行李(xíngli)？

    How many pieces of luggage for the move?

  2. Dengdeng

    三(sān)件(jiàn)。一(yī)件(jiàn)大(dà)的(de)，两(liǎng)件(jiàn)小(xiǎo)的(de)。

    Three. One big, two small.

  3. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)数(shǔ)了(le)，只有(zhǐyǒu)两(liǎng)件(jiàn)。

    I counted. There are only two.

  4. Dengdeng

    那(nà)另(lìng)一(yī)件(jiàn)在(zài)哪儿(nǎr)？

    Then where is the other one?

  5. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)不是(bùshì)正(zhèng)坐(zuò)在(zài)上面(shàngmiàn)吗(ma)？

    Aren't you sitting on it?

  6. Dengdeng

    原来(yuánlái)最(zuì)大(dà)的(de)一(yī)件(jiàn)在(zài)这儿(zhèr)。

    So the biggest one is right here.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

年(nián)轻(qīng)的(de)时(shí)候(hou)多(duō)看(kàn)点(diǎn)好(hǎo)书(shū)是(shì)件(jiàn)好(hǎo)事(shì)。

It's a good thing to read good books when you are young.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

我(wǒ)也(yě)想(xiǎng)要(yào)和(hé)你(nǐ)身(shēn)上(shang)那(nà)件(jiàn)同(tóng)样(yàng)的(de)外(wài)套(tào)。

I want the same jacket as you are wearing.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by CC · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Pinyin display and entry grouping have been adapted.

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