paper /'peipә/

Meaning

English definition

• (n.) a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses
• (n.) a medium for written communication
• (n.) a scholarly article describing the results of observations or stating hypotheses

Chinese translation

• n. 纸, 文件, 文章, 报纸, 证券, 证件
• vt. 用纸糊, 贴壁纸于, 用纸包装
• vi. 贴壁纸

Word details

Part of speech

noun

Pronunciation

/'peipә/

Syllables

2

Exam levels

Middle-school · Gaokao · IELTS

Frequency

Zipf 5.07 · Common

Word forms

papers, papered, papering

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papers · paperwork · paperback

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