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论文

論文
lùnwén
noun HSK 4 #4,287

Measure Word

一篇论文 piān

Meanings

  1. 1 thesis; dissertation
  2. 2 paper; treatise

Characters

论
lùn
to discuss; theory
文
wén
text; writing
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 hěn duō 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