件 (gin6 gin6*2 | jian4) : item; piece; letter

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件

gin6 gin6*2

jian4

[1] [n, classifier] item; piece; article (of countable objects)
[2] [n] letter; document; correspondence

Jyutping gin6 is standard reading; gin6*2 is mostly used in last syllable of bisyllabic nouns.

Additional PoS:

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Stroke count: 6

Level: 1

Radical: 亻 (#9)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

件

This word has been viewed 28640 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 17th Sep 2013 14:18

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收件人 sau1 gin6 jan4 shou1 jian4 ren2 = recipient (of mail)

機密文件 gei1 mat6 man4 gin6*2 ji1 mi4 wen2 jian4 = confidential document

快件 faai3 gin6*2 huai4 jian4 = express mail

文件 man4 gin6*2 wen2 jian4 = document

電子郵件 din6 zi2 jau4 gin6*2 dian4 zi3 you2 jian4 = electronic mail; e-mail; email

事件 si6 gin6*2 shi4 jian4 = event; occasion; happening

部件 bou6 gin6 bu4 jian4 = component

軟件 jyun5 gin6*2 ruan3 jian4 = software

硬件 ngaang6 gin6/6*2 ying4 jian4 = hardware

元件 jyun4 gin6 yuan2 jian4 = element; component
See all 92 compounds (CantoDict reports 111 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 10 of 22 examples containing 件

我有兩件白色衫粵
I have two white shirts

烤火雞不是一件容易的事國
Cooking a turkey well is not easy.

拎件行李過嚟! 粵
Bring the luggage over here!

買咗件蛋糕兩份食粵
I bought a piece of cake for both of us to share

今次嘅案件真係好棘手粵
The case I'm working on is very thorny.
[Lit. This time [possessive particle] case really very problematic.]

前日有人搶佢件衫粵
The day before yesterday, someone stole his shirt.
[Lit. day-before-yesterday, have person steal he [counter] shirt.]

呢件衫你愛唔愛㗎？粵
Do you want this piece of clothing?
[Lit. this piece clothing you want not want [particle]?]

呢件事關重大，佢擔唔擔戴得起啊?
Is he able to bear the responsibility of such an important matter?

呢件事，眞係冇符喇粵
I'm at wits end for this matter

提起件事我就覺得唏噓粵
Bringing up that issue makes me feel sad.

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Decimal representation of this word: 件
Unicode code for this character: U+4ef6 (off-site link)

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