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填

tián · tian

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Meaning

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  1. to fill or stuff
  2. (of a form etc) to fill in
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The wrong box

  1. Dengdeng

    请(qǐng)先(xiān)填(tián)一下(yīxià)这(zhè)张(zhāng)表(biǎo)。

    Please fill in this form first.

  2. Liangliang

    要(yào)填(tián)什么(shénme)？

    What do I fill in?

  3. Dengdeng

    名字(míngzi)和(hé)电话(diànhuà)。

    Name and phone number.

  4. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)填好(tiánhǎo)了(le)，可是(kěshì)电话(diànhuà)填(tián)在(zài)名字(míngzi)那(nà)一(yī)格(gé)里(lǐ)了(le)。

    I'm done, but I put my phone number in the name box.

  5. Dengdeng

    那(nà)你(nǐ)的(de)名字(míngzi)就(jiù)叫(jiào)一(yī)三(sān)八(bā)吧(ba)！

    Then your name is one-three-eight!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

请(qǐng)帮(bāng)我(wǒ)填(tián)这(zhè)张(zhāng)表(biǎo)格(gé)。

Please help me fill out this form.

Tatoeba: Chinese by Martha · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

你(nǐ)能(néng)教(jiāo)我(wǒ)怎(zěn)么(me)填(tián)这(zhè)份(fèn)表(biǎo)格(gé)吗(ma)？

Can you tell me how to fill in this form?

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

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