文
wén
Pinyin

Definition

文
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wén
  1. language
  2. culture
  3. writing
  4. formal
  5. literary
  6. gentle
  7. (old) classifier for coins
  8. Kangxi radical 67
文
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Wén
  1. surname Wen

Character Decomposition

Compounds (29)

这
zhè
  1. 1 this
  2. 2 these
  3. 3 (commonly pr. [zhèi] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing)
文
Wén
  1. 1 surname Wen
文
wén
  1. 1 language
  2. 2 culture
  3. 3 writing
  4. 4 formal
  5. 5 literary
  6. 6 gentle
  7. 7 (old) classifier for coins
  8. 8 Kangxi radical 67
刘
Liú
  1. 1 surname Liu
刘
liú
  1. 1 (classical) a type of battle-ax
  2. 2 to kill
  3. 3 to slaughter

Related Words (20)

中文
Zhōng wén
  1. 1 Chinese language
博文
bó wén
  1. 1 blog article
  2. 2 to write a blog article (netspeak)
原文
yuán wén
  1. 1 original text
文
Wén
  1. 1 surname Wen
文化
wén huà
  1. 1 culture
  2. 2 civilization
  3. 3 cultural
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
  5. 5 classifier: 种 zhǒng

Idioms (20)

一文不值
yī wén bù zhí
  1. 1 worthless (idiom)
  2. 2 no use whatsoever
一纸空文
yī zhǐ kōng wén
  1. 1 a worthless piece of paper (idiom)
不值一文
bù zhí yī wén
  1. 1 worthless (idiom)
  2. 2 no use whatsoever
博文约礼
bó wén yuē lǐ
  1. 1 vigorously pursuing knowledge, while scrupulously abiding by the rules of decorum (idiom)
咬文嚼字
yǎo wén jiáo zì
  1. 1 to bite words and chew characters (idiom); punctilious about minutiae of wording

Sample Sentences

他的中文马马虎虎。
tā de Zhōngwén mǎmahūhū 。
His Chinese is just ok.
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为了防止疫情反弹，武汉建立了疫情防控长效机制。“解封”首日，在黄鹤楼脚下的西城壕社区，不停忙碌的社区书记翁文静说：“我们是‘无疫情社区’，但依然主张非必要不出门。”
wèile fángzhǐ yìqíng fǎntán ，Wǔhàn jiànlì le yìqíng fángkòng chángxiào jīzhì 。“jiěfēng ”shǒu rì ，zài Huánghèlóu jiǎoxià de xīchéngháo shèqū ，bùtíng mánglù de shèqū shūji wēngwénjìng shuō ：“wǒmen shì ‘wú yìqíng shèqū ’，dàn yīrán zhǔzhāng fēi bìyào bù chūmén 。”
In order to prevent the pandemic from rebounding, Wuhan has set up a long-term mechanism for preventing and controlling the pandemic. The first day of "unlockdown", in the Xichenghao Community under Huanghelou, the community secretary Wong Wen Jing who has been working non-stop said, "We are the 'zero virus community', but still please do not go out if not necessary. "
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他负责在微博上发布文章。
tā fùzé zài wēibó shàng fābù wénzhāng 。
He is responsible for publishing articles on Weibo.
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我敬中文播客的全体同仁。
wǒ jìng Zhōngwénbōkè de quántǐ tóngrén 。
Cheers to fellow ChinesePod team.
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为中文干杯！
wèi Zhōngwén gānbēi ！
Cheers to Chinese!
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法文
fǎ wén
French
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英文
Yīng wén
English
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中文中的“望梅止渴”和“一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳”也是相同的概念。
Zhōngwén zhōng de “wàngméizhǐkě ”hé “yīzhāobèishéyǎo,shíniánpàjǐngshéng ”yě shì xiāngtóng de gàiniàn 。
In Chinese, "To quench one's thirst by thinking of plums" and "Once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope." have the same concept as well.
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在中国文化里强调的是“要和大家都一样”，不要太特别。
zài Zhōngguó wénhuà lǐ qiángdiào de shì “yào hé dàjiā dōu yīyàng ”，bùyào tài tèbié 。
In Chinese culture, we believe everyone should be the same. Do not stand out too much.
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中文播客，您好。
Zhōngwén bōkè ，nínhǎo 。
Hello, this is ChinesePod.
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