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wen2 written language

wén

written language



  • language
  • liberal arts
  • article; essay

wén-huà
文化

n.

culture

wén-jiàn
文件

n.

documents; papers; file

wén-míng
文明

n. /adj.

civilisation / civilised

wén-wù
文物

n.

cultural relic; historical relic

wén-xué
文学

n.

characters; script; writing

wén-zhāng
文章

n.

essay; article

wén-zì
文字

n.

characters; script; writing

kè-wén
课文

n.

text

wài-wén
外文

n.

foreign language

zhōng-wén
中文

n.

Chinese language

wén-fáng-sì-bǎo
文房四宝
the four treasures of the study (referring to writing brush, ink, ink stone and paper)

wén-zhì-bīn-bīn
文质彬彬
with elegant manners

Usage 用法

language

Zhè běn shū shì shén-me wén de?
这本书是什么文的?
Which language is this book written in?

liberal arts

Tā zài dà-xué lǐ shì xué wén de.
他在大学里是学文的。
He was in liberal arts in the university.

article; essay

Tā zài yì piān duǎn-wén zhōng tí-dào zhè jiàn shì.
他在一篇短文中提到这件事。
He mentioned this matter in a short essay.