paper in Chinese

How to write 纸

Animated stroke order. Tap a character to replay its stroke order.

纸 is listed in the official HSK vocabulary at HSK 3. An intermediate band: enough vocabulary for everyday conversation and travel.

纸 in a sentence

• 请qǐng给gěi我wǒ一yī张zhāng纸zhǐ。

  Please give me a piece of paper.

• 纸zhǐ在zài桌zhuō子zi上shàng。

  The paper is on the table.

• 他tā在zài纸zhǐ上shàng写xiě字zì。

  He writes on the paper.

纸 vs 报纸 vs 纸巾

Similar and easily confused words, and how they differ.

• 报纸 bào zhǐ newspaper

  'News-paper' — the classic compound. 纸 alone is the material.

• 纸巾 zhǐ jīn tissue; napkin

  What you actually ask for at dinner — 一张纸巾 'a tissue'. 纸 is paper in general.