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newspaper / newsprint / CL: , , 張|张
HSK 2
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  *紙* | 紙* | *紙
paper (CL:張|张,) / classifier for documents, letters etc
HSK 2
blueprint / drawing / design plans / graph paper
HSK 7-9
papermaking process
HSK 7-9
ritual money made of paper burnt for the Gods or the dead
sticker
paper clip
joss paper made to resemble paper money
paper towel / napkin / facial tissue / CL: 張|张,
paper
toilet paper
carton / cardboard box
(chemistry, medicine) test strip
disposable diaper
banknote
scrap paper
disposable diaper
playing card
bank notes / paper currency / CL: 張|张
toilet paper / bathroom tissue
cardboard / card stock
facial tissue; kleenex
photographic paper
slip of paper
kraft paper
wrapping paper
sandpaper (i.e. abrasive)
to fold paper (to make origami articles); origami
letter paper / writing paper
fine writing paper, originally from Jing county 涇縣|泾县, Xuancheng 宣城, Anhui
wallpaper
waste paper
paper pulp
papercutting (Chinese folk art) / to make paper cutouts
cardboard
paper pattern as model in dressmaking / paper patten
disposable diaper
corrugated fiberboard; corrugated cardboard
squared paper / graph paper / grid paper (manuscript paper with squares for Chinese characters)
lit. dazzling with paper and gold (idiom); fig. indulging in a life of luxury
(written) in black and white
human figure made of paper or papier-mâché
lit. paper can't wrap fire; fig. the truth will out
oilpaper
lit. military tactics on paper (idiom) / fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice / armchair strategist / idle theorizing / cf Zhao Kuo 趙括|赵括 leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战 in 260 BC
paper tiger
cellophane
wax paper / stencil paper
fine paper made from bamboo, used for calligraphy, painting etc / also written 毛邊|毛边
ash from burnt paper
paper dolls for ritual use in the shape of people or animals
rice paper / membrane of glutinous rice, used to wrap sweets etc
a worthless piece of paper (idiom)
a pile of old books
joss paper
wallpaper
print media / (old) paper taper used to light a cigarette etc
papyrus
photocopier paper
cigarette
target sheet
papermaking
to burn paper offerings (as part of religious ceremony)
to appear vividly on paper (idiom); to show forth vividly (in writing, painting etc) / to stand out markedly
wastepaper basket
toilet roll
draft paper
a piece, scrap or fragment of paper
carbon paper
paperweight
filter paper
parchment
tinfoil
newsprint
(idiom) a piece of paper is too short to convey my feelings
kite
toilet paper
paper flower
paper bag
trimmer / paper cutter
paper matrix in which type is set
imitation parchment
to treasure written material as a cultural resource (idiom)
copying paper (with printed model characters and blank squares for writing practice)
paper wedding (first wedding anniversary)
(chemistry) litmus paper
lit. dazzling with paper and gold (idiom); fig. indulging in a life of luxury
lit. paper has become expensive in Luoyang (because everyone is making a copy of a popular story) (idiom) / fig. (of a product) to sell like hotcakes
strawboard
kite
writing pad
paperboard / board
paper on which silkworm lays its eggs
wallpaper
rough straw paper / toilet paper / brown paper
to dig into piles of outdated writings (idiom); to study old books and papers
enlarging paper (photography) / bromide paper
paper tissue (in a box)
recycled paper
kozogami

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