文稿

wéngǎo
noun #34,180

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 manuscript
  2. 2 draft
  3. 3 article (in a newspaper)

Examples

Tā zhèngzài xiūgǎi yí fèn wéngǎo.
He is revising a manuscript.
Qǐng bǎ wéngǎo zài jiézhǐ rìqī qián fā gěi biānjí.
Please send the draft to the editor before the deadline.

Tips

usage
文稿 covers any written draft — a speech, an article, a book chapter — before it is finalized. For a polished published piece use 文章 (wénzhāng); for the typed input file in a computer, 文档 (wéndàng).
memory
(text) + 稿 (draft / manuscript). The character 稿 originally meant 'rice straw', then 'unfinished, raw' — a 'raw text' is a draft.

Stroke Order

wén
稿 gǎo