juàn

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  • 1

    measure wordvolume; fascicle; in ancient China books were written on long silk or papers and rolled up for storage; hence books were counted by rolls (volumes)

    • wǒ jiā yǒu cáng shū sān wàn juàn

      藏书

      My family has a collection of 30,000 volumes.

    • zhè běn xiǎo shuō gòng wǔ juàn

      小说

      The novel is in five volumes.

    • biān jí běn juàn huā le duō nián shí jiān

      编辑时间

      Years have been spent in compiling this volume.

  • 2

    n.book; scroll

    • juàn zhì

      volume

    • huà juàn

      picture scroll

    • kāi juàn yǒu yì

      You cannot open a book without learning something.

  • 3

    n.examination paper

    • dá juàn

      examination paper

    • kuài yào jiāo juàn le

      快要

      It is tome to hand in the examination paper.

    • wèn juàn

      questionaire

  • 4

    n.file; dossier; documents kept in a government department

    • juàn zōng

      archive

    • diào juàn

      send for somebody's file or examination papers

Words and phrases with 卷

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Chinese Characters with pinyin juàn

  • shed or pen to raise pigs, sheep, etc.
  • family dependant; have tender feeling for
  • thin tough silk
  • tired; be weary of
  • meaningful