公文 (gōng wén) — official document | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

official document

Measure word · 份

Examples

公文。
Zhè fèn gōng wén xū yào zǒng jīng lǐ qiān zì.
This official document needs the general manager's signature.
公文。
Tā fù zé qǐ cǎo zhèng fǔ gōng wén.
He is responsible for drafting government official documents.
公文。
Suǒ yǒu gōng wén dōu àn biān hào guī dàng le.
All official documents have been filed by their numbers.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

公gōngofficial

文wéndocument

公 means official, 文 means document; together they denote official papers.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

One theory sees 公 as a picture of a wide-mouthed, round-bottomed jar.

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

The current form 文 shows a man with head, arms, legs, and chest; the tattoo marks on the chest are no longer drawn.

Appears in

Workplace & Office

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