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纸巾

zhǐ jīn

HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Traditional 紙巾 Measure word 张、包

纸巾 (zhǐ jīn) means "paper towel; napkin; facial tissue". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 纸巾 means

1. paper towel
2. napkin
3. facial tissue

The characters in 纸巾

• 纸zhǐpaper; classifier for documents, letters etc
• 巾jīntowel; general purpose cloth; women's headcovering (old)

Example sentences

• 用纸巾把平底锅擦干。
  Yòng zhǐjīn bǎ píngdǐguō cā gān.
  Wipe the pan dry with a paper towel.
• 用纸巾把那口锅擦干。
  Yòng zhǐjīn bǎ nà kǒu guō cā gān.
  Wipe the pan dry with a paper towel.
• 我想我要打喷嚏了。。。给我张纸巾。
  Wǒ xiǎng wǒ yào dǎpēntì le... gěi wǒ zhāng zhǐjīn.
  I think I'm gonna sneeze. Give me a tissue.

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