论文 (lùnwén): thesis; dissertation

Measure Word

一篇论文 piān

Meanings

1 thesis; dissertation
2 paper; treatise

Characters

Literally 'discussion writing' — an academic paper

Examples

他正在写毕业论文。

Tā zhèngzài xiě bìyè lùnwén.

He's writing his graduation thesis.

这篇论文发表在很有名的杂志上。

Zhè piān lùnwén fābiǎo zài hěn yǒumíng de zázhì shang.

This paper was published in a very famous journal.

写论文需要很多时间。

Xiě lùnwén xūyào hěnduō shíjiān.

Writing a thesis takes a lot of time.

Tips

usage

毕业论文 (bìyè lùnwén) is specifically a graduation thesis. 博士论文 is a doctoral dissertation. 论文 alone generally refers to any academic paper.

grammar

Common collocations: 写论文 (write a paper), 发表论文 (publish a paper), 答辩论文 (defend a thesis).

Stroke Order

论 lùn

文 wén

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