档案 dàng’àn file
file; record; archive
How to remember 档案: 档 shelve + 案 file = file.
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How it is used
- A file/record/archive - personal or documentary - 个人档案 (gèrén dàng'àn) personal file/dossier, 档案管理 (dàng'àn guǎnlǐ) records management.
- Refers to official/organized records kept on people or matters, and by extension computer archives.
- The 档 reads dàng. Contrast 文件 (wénjiàn, document/file, more general); 档案 stresses archived records.
Example sentences
- 我给自己的邮件做了一份档案。 Wǒ gěi zìjǐ de yóujiàn zuò le yīfèn dàngàn.I created an archive of my emails.