书面语 (書面語)
shū miàn yǔ
Pinyin

Definition

书面语 (書面語)
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shū miàn yǔ
  1. written language

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

上面
shàng miàn
  1. 1 on top of
  2. 2 above-mentioned
  3. 3 also pr. [shàng mian]
下面
xià miàn
  1. 1 below
  2. 2 under
  3. 3 next
  4. 4 the following
  5. 5 also pr. [xià mian]
前面
qián miàn
  1. 1 ahead
  2. 2 in front
  3. 3 preceding
  4. 4 above
  5. 5 also pr. [qián mian]
外面
wài miàn
  1. 1 outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense)
  2. 2 surface
  3. 3 exterior
  4. 4 external appearance
后面
hòu miàn
  1. 1 rear
  2. 2 back
  3. 3 behind
  4. 4 later
  5. 5 afterwards
  6. 6 also pr. [hòu mian]

Idioms (20)

一体两面
yī tǐ liǎng miàn
  1. 1 lit. one body two sides (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a situation with two sides to it
上不了台面
shàng bù liǎo tái miàn
  1. 1 better kept under the table (idiom)
  2. 2 not to be disclosed
  3. 3 too inferior to show in public
不看僧面看佛面
bù kàn sēng miàn kàn fó miàn
  1. 1 lit. not for the monk's sake but for the Buddha's sake (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (to do sth for sb) out of deference to sb else
人面兽心
rén miàn shòu xīn
  1. 1 human face, beast's heart (idiom); two-faced
  2. 2 malicious and duplicitous
以泪洗面
yǐ lèi xǐ miàn
  1. 1 to bathe one's face in tears (idiom)

Sample Sentences

语体通常分为口语和书面语。有些多音字的读音也取决于语体色彩，像“血”这个字，用在合成词和成语中，属于书面语用法，应该读成xue4。如果是单独使用或用在短语中，就属于口语用法，读成xie3。
yǔtī tōngcháng fēnwéi kǒuyǔ hé shūmiànyǔ 。yǒuxiē duōyīnzì de dúyīn yě qǔjué yú yǔtī sècǎi ，xiàng “xiě ”zhège zì ，yòng zài héchéngcí hé chéngyǔ zhōng ，shǔyú shūmiànyǔ yòngfǎ ，yīnggāi dú chéng xuè 。rúguǒ shì dāndú shǐyòng huò yòng zài duǎnyǔ zhōng ，jiù shǔyú kǒuyǔ yòngfǎ ，dú chéng xiě 。
Generally, style is classified as oral or written. Some pronunciations are determined by the shade of meaning in a style. Like the word ''blood." When it's used with other characters, or in proverbs, it's being used in the written style, and should be pronounced ''xue." When it's on its own, or in short phrases, it is oral, and should be read ''xie."
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立即、即刻、立时都是书面语。
lìjí 、jíkè 、lìshí dōu shì shūmiànyǔ 。
"Lìjí“, ”jíkè“ and ”lìshí“ are all words used in written language.
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古文是古代的书面语。里面有很多“之”“乎”“者”“也”。现代文都不用了。
gǔwén shì gǔdài de shūmiànyǔ 。lǐmiàn yǒu hěn duō “zhī ”“hū ”“zhě ”“yě ”。xiàndàiwén dōu bù yòng le 。
Classical Chinese is ancient written language. There's lots of “zhī”, “hū”, “zhě” and “yě” in it. Modern written language doesn't use them.
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成语常常当书面语用，如果平常说话的时候用很多成语，别人会觉得你文绉绉的。但简单的成语口语中也常说，比如“因小失大”。
chéngyǔ chángcháng dàng shūmiànyǔ yòng ，rúguǒ píngcháng shuōhuà de shíhou yòng hěn duō chéngyǔ ，biérén huì juéde nǐ Wén zhōuzhōu de 。dàn jiǎndān de chéngyǔ kǒuyǔ zhōng yě cháng shuō ，bǐrú “yīnxiǎoshīdà ”。
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那俗语是口语，成语是书面语吗？
nà súyǔ shì kǒuyǔ ，chéngyǔ shì shūmiànyǔ ma ？
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