Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
件
jiàn
Description
"件"是一个量词，用来数事情、案子或事件。
我们常常说"一件事"或者"两件衣服"。
Meanings
件jiàn
measure word for matters, clothes, or items
我有一件事要告诉你。
I have something to tell you.
件jiàn
measure word for pieces of clothing
这件衣服很好看。
案件ànjiàn
case, incident (as a formal item)
警察在调查这个案件。
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Notes
- Nuance
件 counts matters (事) and clothes (衣服), but not books or people.
- Etymology
originally depicts a person 亻 and an ox 牛, meaning to divide things into units.
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