文

Language in Chinese: 文 (wén)

wén

language

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

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

Stroke order

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文

Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

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ㄨㄣˊ

wén

ㄨ/ uㄣ/ enˊ/ second tone

Example sentences

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  • 他的中文写得很好。

    tā de zhōng wén xiě dé hěn hǎo。

    He writes Chinese very well.

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Related words

文化

wén huà

culture

文章

wén zhāng

article

中文

zhōng wén

Chinese language

论文

lùn wén

paper

文件

wén jiàn

document

文具

wén jù

stationery

文明

wén míng

civilized

文学

wén xué

literature

作文

zuò wén

to write an essay

课文

kè wén

text

英文

yīng wén

English (language)

外文

wài wén

foreign language (written)

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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