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Measure word
- 点 diǎn point; dot; drop; speck; o'clock; point (in space or time); to draw a dot; to check on a list; to choose; to order... attested in use
- 份 fèn classifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc; variant of 分[fen4] attested in use
- 位 wèi position; location; place; seat; classifier for people (honorific); classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2... attested in use
Stroke order
Show the animation Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.
How it used to be written
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Bronze script 西周中期 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 18 forms
Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).
Examples
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“以前我们没在哪儿见过吗？”学生问道。
"Haven't we met somewhere before?" asked the student.
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1497年，约翰卡博特前往加拿大探险。
In 1497, John Cabot explored Canada.
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8点半之前不会开始。
It doesn't start before eight thirty.
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Jane在运动会之前把头发剃短了。
Jane had her hair cut short before the athletic meeting.
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一个陌生人站在房子前面。
A stranger stands in front of the room.
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一個小時前雪停了。
It stopped snowing an hour ago.
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一個美麗的女人坐在我前面一排。
A beautiful woman was seated one row in front of me.
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三十年前的时装款式又流行起来了。
Fashions of thirty years ago have come back in style.