件 jiàn in a sentence
Item (mw for luggage - clothing - matters - furniture)
件 (jiàn) means Item (mw for luggage - clothing - matters - furniture). Below are 24 of the 46 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
我买了两 件 衣服。
Wǒ mǎi le liǎng jiàn yīfu.
I bought two pieces of clothing.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 件
我有一 件 事想告诉你。
Wǒ yǒu yí jiàn shì xiǎng gàosu nǐ.
There is something I want to tell you.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 件
这 件 衣服多少钱？
Zhè jiàn yīfu duōshao qián?
How much is this piece of clothing?
Dictionary example · HSK 1 · 钱
这 件 衣服太贵了。
Zhè jiàn yīfu tài guì le.
This piece of clothing is too expensive.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 贵
我想问你一 件 事。
Wǒ xiǎng wèn nǐ yí jiàn shì.
I want to ask you about something.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 问
这 件 衣服最便宜。
Zhè jiàn yīfu zuì piányi.
This piece of clothing is the cheapest.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 最
这 件 衣服很旧了。
Zhè jiàn yīfu hěn jiù le.
This piece of clothing is quite old now.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 旧
From the graded readers
我想买一 件 衣服。
wǒ xiǎng mǎi yíjiàn yīfu.
I wanted to buy a piece of clothing.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · Going Shopping
我看见一 件 红色的衣服。
wǒ kànjiàn yíjiàn hóngsè de / dì yīfu.
I saw a red one.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · Going Shopping
我问：“这 件 衣服多少钱？”
wǒ wèn:" zhèijiàn yīfu duōshao qián?"
I asked, "How much is this?"
Graded reader · HSK 1 · Going Shopping
最后我们买了这 件 衣服，二百块。
zuìhòu wǒmen mǎile zhèijiàn yīfu, èrbǎi kuài.
In the end we bought it for two hundred yuan.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · Going Shopping
上个星期，我在网上买了一 件 大衣。
shànggexīngqī, wǒ zài wǎngshàng mǎile yíjiàn dà yī / yì.
Last week I bought a coat online.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Shopping Online
去年我们差点儿因为一 件 小事不再来往。
qùnián wǒmen chā / chà / chāi diǎn ér yīnwèi yíjiàn xiǎoshì bùzài láiwǎng.
Last year we nearly stopped speaking over something trivial.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · A Misunderstanding
从那以后，我学会了一 件 事：先问清楚，再生气。
cóng nà / nèi yǐhòu, wǒ xuéhuìle yíjiàn shì: xiān wèn qīngchu, zài shēngqì.
Since then I've learned one thing: find out first, get angry afterwards.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · A Misunderstanding
现在我学会了一种说法：“这 件 事我帮不了，不过你可以试试……”
xiànzài wǒ xuéhuìle yī zhǒng / zhòng shuōfa:" zhèijiàn shì wǒ bāng bùliǎo, búguò nǐ kěyǐ shìshì……"
I've since learned a way to put it: "I can't help with this one, but you could try…"
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Learning to Say No
From the travel phrasebook
请出示证 件 。
Qǐng chūshì zhèngjiàn.
Please show your ID.
Travel phrasebook · High-speed rail and the metro
支持一 件 代发吗？
Zhīchí yí jiàn dàifā ma?
Do you support drop-shipping?
Travel phrasebook · Sourcing online (1688 and Alibaba)
这个不支持一 件 代发。
Zhège bù zhīchí yí jiàn dàifā.
This item can't be drop-shipped.
Travel phrasebook · Sourcing online (1688 and Alibaba)
From the grammar library
这 件 衣服是在网上买的。
Zhè jiàn yīfu shì zài wǎng shàng mǎi de.
I bought this online.
Grammar library · HSK 4 · 是…的 — emphasising the details
件 appears in 46 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 件
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Questions about 件
How is 件 used in a sentence?
This page shows 46 sentences using 件 (jiàn, "Item (mw for luggage - clothing - matters - furniture)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 件 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 件 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 件 an HSK word?
Yes — 件 is on the official HSK 2 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 2 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 件?
The dictionary page for 件 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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