How to say “paper” in Chinese

“Paper” in Chinese is 论文, lùn wén: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.

How to pronounce it

论文 is read lùn wén: 2 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.

How to write it

Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “论文”.

Examples

Sentences from the course lessons with 论文. Tap the sound icon to listen.

• 我正在写毕业论文wǒzhèngzàixiěbìyèlùnwénI'm writing my thesis right now.
• 写论文的时候可以参考这些资料xiělùnwéndeshíhou,kěyǐcānkǎozhèxiēzīliàoWhen you write your thesis, you can draw on these materials.
• 他把这篇论文翻译成了中文tābǎzhèpiānlùnwénfānyìchéngleZhōngwénHe translated this research paper into Chinese.
• 论文最后要列出参考文献lùnwénzuìhòuyàolièchūcānkǎowénxiànA paper must list its references at the end.
• 你的论文写得怎么样了？nǐdelùnwénxiědezěnmeyàngleHow's your paper coming along?
• 你这篇论文的参考文献够吗？nǐzhèpiānlùnwéndecānkǎowénxiàngòumaDoes your paper have enough references?

More words from the lesson “Final year”

• 届 measure word
• 收集 collect
• 问卷 questionnaire
• 集合 gather
• 集体 collective
• 全体 all

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