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English

  1. to write an essay
  2. composition; essay
  3. (of students) to write a composition; to compose an article
  4. composition (student essay)

量詞 — Classifiers

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 學生練習或者比賽寫作嘅成品(量詞:篇)
  2. 學生寫文章做習作或者參加比賽

Examples

  • 作文練習

    composition exercise

  • 作文題目

    composition topic

  • 命題作文

    to write a composition with an assigned title

  • 佢篇英文作文無咩錯處。

    Errors are few, if any, in his English composition.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 下堂作文,要預備原稿紙。

    We'll compose essays next lesson, so we need to prepare manuscript paper.

  • 佢最叻作文,但係其實佢都係慢慢先練就到文筆。

    He is good at writing compositions, but in fact he acquires his skills gradually.

  • 你的作文有一些錯誤。

    Your composition has a few mistakes.

    Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

  • 你什麼時候需要交作文?

    When have you got to hand in your essay?

    Tatoeba · DaoSeng CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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