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证件

zhèng jiàn

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Traditional 證件

证件 (zhèng jiàn) means "ID, credentials, papers". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 证件 means

1. certificate; papers; credentials; document; ID

The characters in 证件

• 证zhèngto admonish; variant of 证
• 件jiànitem; component; classifier for events, things, clothes etc

Example sentences

• 我的证件丢了。
  Wǒ de zhèngjiàn diū le.
  I lost my papers.
• 我需要一张证件照。
  I need a passport photo.
• 你需要携带两张白底的个人证件照。
  You will need to bring two passport-sized photos of yourself taken with a white background.

Words starting with 证件

• 证件照zhèng jiàn zhàoID photo

Words containing 证件

• 假证件jiǎ zhèng jiànfalse documents

Sounds the same

Read zhèng jiàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 政见political views
• 诤谏to criticize frankly; to admonish

Where 证件 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Truth, Evidence & Solemnity (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
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