File in Chinese
file · HSK 6
档案
- 档 file
- 案 case
Counted with 份: 一份档案
公司保存着每个员工的档案。 The company keeps a file on every employee.
Other ways to say file
More words with 档 or 案
How do you say file in Chinese?
File in Chinese is 档案 (dàng àn). You can also say 文档 (wén dàng), 列 (liè), 文件 (wén jiàn), 提起 (tí qǐ).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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