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件

jiàn

Old HSK 2 HSK 3.0 character level 1 Character

件 (jiàn) means "item (measure word)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 1 word, and was HSK 2 in the old six-level list.

What 件 means

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

How 件 is used in grammar

件 is a grammar word. Each link goes to its own section: what it does in that pattern, the structure, three example sentences with pinyin, and the mistake to avoid.

• Number-Measure Phrases (HSK 1)
• Classifiers: 层、封、件、条、位 and Action Measures (HSK 2)

The official HSK 3.0 grammar outline lists it at level 1, measure words (名量词).

Example sentences

• 我签了文件。
  I signed the document.
• 文件已损坏。
  The file is corrupt.
• 这是件坏事。
  This is a bad thing.
• 我的证件丢了。
  Wǒ de zhèngjiàn diū le.
  I lost my papers.
• 我签署了文件。
  Wǒ qiānshǔ le wénjiàn.
  I signed the document.
• 这是个旧部件。
  Zhè shì Gèjiù bùjiàn.
  This is an old unit.

Words starting with 件

• 件数jiàn shùnumber of items (in a consignment etc)
• 件件桩桩jiàn jiàn zhuāng zhuāngsee 桩桩件件

Words containing 件

• 条件tiáo jiàncondition; circumstance; term; factor; requirement; prerequisite; qualification…
• 事件shì jiànincident; event
• 软件ruǎn jiànsoftware
• 文件wén jiàndocument; file
• 硬件yìng jiànhardware
• 证件zhèng jiàncertificate; papers; credentials; document; ID
• 零件líng jiànpart; component
• 稿件gǎo jiànpiece of writing submitted for publication; manuscript; article
• 案件àn jiàncase; instance
• 附件fù jiànappendix (in a document); enclosure (accompanying a document); (email) attachment
• 邮件yóu jiànmail; post; email
• 信件xìn jiànletter (sent by mail)
• 配件pèi jiàncomponent; part; fitting
• 复印件fù yìn jiànphotocopy; duplicate
• 文件夹wén jiàn jiāfolder; file (paper)
• 无条件wú tiáo jiànunconditional
• 原件yuán jiànthe original; original document; master copy
• 物件wù jiànobject
• 部件bù jiànpart; component
• 零部件líng bù jiànspare part; component
• 组件zǔ jiànmodule; unit; component
• 必要条件bì yào tiáo jiànrequirement; necessary condition (math)
• 条件反射tiáo jiàn fǎn shèconditioned reflex
• 收件人shōu jiàn rénrecipient (of mail); To: (email header)

Characters built on 牛

These share the phonetic component 牛 (niú), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 牵qiānto lead along; to pull (an animal on a tether); (bound form) to involve
• 犍jiānbullock; castrated bull; to castrate livestock
• 牮jiànto prop up

Characters that look like 件

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 伴bànpartner; companion; comrade; associate; to accompany
• 仲zhòngsecond month of a season; middle; intermediate
• 伟wěibig; large; great
• 忏chàn(bound form) to feel remorse; (bound form) scripture read to atone for sb's sins…
• 忡chōnggrieved; distressed; sad
• 忤wǔdisobedient; unfilial

Sounds the same

Read jiàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 见to see; to meet; to appear (to be sth)
• 健healthy; to invigorate; to strengthen
• 建to establish; to found; to set up
• 键key (on a piano or computer keyboard); button (on a mouse or other device); chemical bond
• 渐gradual; gradually
• 践to fulfill (a promise); to tread; to walk
• 荐to recommend; to offer sacrifice (arch.); grass
• 剑double-edged sword; classifier for blows of a sword
• 鉴bronze mirror (used in ancient times); to reflect; to mirror
• 舰warship
• 箭arrow
• 溅to splash

Where 件 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Numbers and Measure Words (HSK 2), HSK 2 Characters · Set 10 (HSK 2), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 2 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jiàn correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.