wén

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Definitions

  1. 1. language
  2. 2. culture
  3. 3. writing
  4. 4. formal
  5. 5. literary
  6. 6. gentle
  7. 7. Kangxi radical 67

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Words Containing 文

中文
zhōng wén

Chinese language

人文
rén wén

humanities

作文
zuò wén

to write an essay

全文
quán wén

entire text

外文
wài wén

foreign language (written)

天文
tiān wén

astronomy

散文
sǎn wén

prose

文人
wén rén

scholar

文件
wén jiàn

document

文具
wén jù

stationery

文化
wén huà

culture

文娱
wén yú

cultural recreation

文字
wén zì

character

文学
wén xué

literature

文凭
wén píng

diploma

文明
wén míng

civilized

文物
wén wù

cultural relic

文献
wén xiàn

document

文盲
wén máng

illiterate

文科
wén kē

liberal arts

文章
wén zhāng

article

文艺
wén yì

literature and art

文雅
wén yǎ

elegant

斯文
sī wén

refined

英文
yīng wén

English (language)

课文
kè wén

text

论文
lùn wén

paper

PO文
pō wén

(coll.) to post a message

一文不值
yī wén bù zhí

worthless (idiom)

一文不名
yī wén bù míng

to be penniless

一纸空文
yī zhǐ kōng wén

a worthless piece of paper (idiom)

三文鱼
sān wén yú

salmon (loanword)

三文治
sān wén zhì

sandwich (loanword)

上下文菜单
shàng xià wén cài dān

context menu (computing)

上下文
shàng xià wén

(textual) context

上文
shàng wén

preceding part of the text

上海文广新闻传媒集团
shàng hǎi wén guǎng xīn wén chuán méi jí tuán

Shanghai Media Group

不值一文
bù zhí yī wén

worthless (idiom)

不名一文
bù míng yī wén

without a penny to one's name

不成文
bù chéng wén

unwritten (rule)

不成文法
bù chéng wén fǎ

unwritten law

世界文化遗产
shì jiè wén huà yí chǎn

(UNESCO) World Cultural Heritage

世界文化遗产地
shì jiè wén huà yí chǎn dì

World Heritage site

中国文学艺术界联合会
zhōng guó wén xué yì shù jiè lián hé huì

China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (CFLAC)

中文标准交换码
zhōng wén biāo zhǔn jiāo huàn mǎ

CSIC, Chinese standard interchange code used from 1992

中日韩统一表意文字
zhōng rì hán tǒng yī biǎo yì wén zì

China Japan Korea (CJK) unified ideographs

中美文化研究中心
zhōng měi wén huà yán jiū zhōng xīn

Hopkins-Nanjing Center

中英文对照
zhōng yīng wén duì zhào

Chinese-English parallel texts

主祷文
zhǔ dǎo wén

Lord's Prayer

互文
hù wén

paired phrases (poetic device)

亚文化
yà wén huà

subculture

人文主义
rén wén zhǔ yì

humanism

人文地理学
rén wén dì lǐ xué

human geography

人文学
rén wén xué

humanities

人文景观
rén wén jǐng guān

place of cultural interest

人文社会学科
rén wén shè huì xué kē

humanities and social sciences

今古文
jīn gǔ wén

Former Han dynasty study or rewriting of classical texts such as the Confucian six classics 六經|六经[liù jīng]

今文经
jīn wén jīng

Former Han dynasty school of Confucian scholars

今文经学
jīn wén jīng xué

Former Han dynasty school of Confucian scholars

仰韶文化
yǎng sháo wén huà

Yangshao neolithic culture from the central Yellow river basin, with red and black pottery

伊藤博文
yī téng bó wén

ITŌ Hirobumi (1841-1909), Japanese politician, prime minister on four occasions, influential in Japanese expansionism in Korea, assassinated in Harbin

佉卢文
qū lú wén

Kharosthi (ancient language of central Asia)

来文
lái wén

received document

俄文
é wén

Russian language

俞文豹
yú wén bào

Yu Wenbao (lived around 1240), prolific Song dynasty poet

修文
xiū wén

Xiuwen County in Guiyang 貴陽|贵阳[guì yáng], Guizhou

修文县
xiū wén xiàn

Xiuwen County in Guiyang 貴陽|贵阳[guì yáng], Guizhou

做文章
zuò wén zhāng

to make an issue of sth

杰西·欧文斯
jié xī · ōu wén sī

Jesse Owens (1913-1980), American athlete

允文允武
yǔn wén yǔn wǔ

equally proficient in intellectual and military affairs

克文
kè wén

Kevin (name)

全国重点文物保护单位
quán guó zhòng diǎn wén wù bǎo hù dān wèi

Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level

全文检索
quán wén jiǎn suǒ

full text search

两河文明
liǎng hé wén míng

Mesopotamian civilization

八股文
bā gǔ wén

eight-part essay one had to master to pass the imperial exams in Ming and Qing dynasties

公文
gōng wén

document

公文包
gōng wén bāo

briefcase

凡尔赛文学
fán ěr sài wén xué

(slang) social media post whose purpose is to humblebrag

凯文
kǎi wén

Kevin (person name)

分文
fēn wén

a single penny

分文不取
fēn wén bù qǔ

to give for free

初文
chū wén

archaic (and simpler) form of a Chinese character

前后文
qián hòu wén

context

加尔文
jiā ěr wén

Calvin (1509-1564), French protestant reformer

千字文
qiān zì wén

Thousand Character Classic, 6th century poem used as a traditional reading primer

半文盲
bàn wén máng

semiliterate

博文
bó wén

blog article

博文约礼
bó wén yuē lǐ

vigorously pursuing knowledge, while scrupulously abiding by the rules of decorum (idiom)

卡文迪什
kǎ wén dí shí

Cavendish (name)

卡尔文
kǎ ěr wén

Calvin (name)

卡尔文克莱因
kǎ ěr wén kè lái yīn

Calvin Klein CK (brand)

印欧文
yìn ōu wén

Indo-European (language)

原文
yuán wén

original text

参考文献
cān kǎo wén xiàn

cited material

古典文学
gǔ diǎn wén xué

classical literature

古文
gǔ wén

the Classics

古文字学
gǔ wén zì xué

paleography

古文明
gǔ wén míng

ancient civilization

古文观止
gǔ wén guān zhǐ

Guwen Guanzhi, an anthology of essays written in Literary Chinese, compiled and edited by Wu Chucai and Wu Diaohou of Qing dynasty

古文运动
gǔ wén yùn dòng

cultural movement aspiring to study and emulate classic works, at different periods of history, esp. Tang and Song

史蒂文
shǐ dì wén

Steven, Stephen (name)

史蒂文斯
shǐ dì wén sī

Stephens

同文馆
tóng wén guǎn

Tongwen Guan, 19th century college that trained translators for China's diplomatic corps, established in Beijing in 1862 and absorbed by the Imperial University in 1902

呈文
chéng wén

petition (submitted to a superior)

周文王
zhōu wén wáng

King Wen of Zhou state (c. 1152-1056 BC), reigned c. 1099-1056 BC as king of Zhou state, leading figure in building the subsequent Western Zhou dynasty, father of King Wu of Zhou 周武王[zhōu wǔ wáng] the first Zhou dynasty king

咒文
zhòu wén

incantation

咨文
zī wén

official communication (between gov. offices of equal rank)

咬文嚼字
yǎo wén jiáo zì

to bite words and chew characters (idiom); punctilious about minutiae of wording

哈萨克文
hā sà kè wén

Kazakh written language

唐文宗
táng wén zōng

Emperor Wenzong of Tang (809-840), reign name of fifteenth Tang emperor 李昂[lǐ áng], reigned 827-840

四出文钱
sì chū wén qián

coin minted in the reign of Emperor Ling of Han 漢靈帝|汉灵帝[hàn líng dì], with a square hole in the middle and four lines radiating out from each corner of the square (hence the name 四出文)

回文
huí wén

palindrome

国家文物委员会
guó jiā wén wù wěi yuán huì

National Committee of Cultural Heritage

国家文物局
guó jiā wén wù jú

PRC State Administration of Cultural Heritage (SACH)

国家文物鉴定委员会
guó jiā wén wù jiàn dìng wěi yuán huì

National Commission for the Identification of Cultural Heritage

国家标准中文交换码
guó jiā biāo zhǔn zhōng wén jiāo huàn mǎ

CNS 11643, Chinese character coding adopted in Taiwan, 1986-1992

国情咨文
guó qíng zī wén

State of the Union Address (US)

国际文传通讯社
guó jì wén chuán tōng xùn shè

Interfax News Agency

国际文传电讯社
guó jì wén chuán diàn xùn shè

Interfax, Russian non-governmental news agency

埃文
āi wén

Evan

埃文斯
āi wén sī

Evans

埃文河畔斯特拉特福
āi wén hé pàn sī tè lā tè fú

Stratford-upon-Avon

基本多文种平面
jī běn duō wén zhǒng píng miàn

basic multilingual plane (BMP)

报告文学
bào gào wén xué

reportage

外文系
wài wén xì

department of foreign languages

多元文化主义
duō yuán wén huà zhǔ yì

multiculturalism

大文蛤
dà wén gé

giant clam

大有文章
dà yǒu wén zhāng

some deeper meaning in this

大汶口文化
dà wèn kǒu wén huà

Dawenkou culture (c. 4100-2600 BC), Neolithic culture based in today's Shandong area 山東|山东[shān dōng]

天文台
tiān wén tái

astronomical observatory

天文单位
tiān wén dān wèi

astronomical unit (AU)

天文学
tiān wén xué

astronomy

天文学大成
tiān wén xué dà chéng

the Almagest by Ptolemy

天文学家
tiān wén xué jiā

astronomer

天文馆
tiān wén guǎn

planetarium

奇文
qí wén

remarkable or peculiar piece of writing

奇文共赏
qí wén gòng shǎng

lit. remarkable work appreciated by all (idiom); universally praised (original meaning)

奎文
kuí wén

Kuiwen district of Weifang city 濰坊市|潍坊市[wéi fāng shì], Shandong

奎文区
kuí wén qū

Kuiwen district of Weifang city 濰坊市|潍坊市[wéi fāng shì], Shandong

姒文命
sì wén mìng

Si Wenming, personal name of Yu the Great 大禹[dà yǔ]

姚文元
yáo wén yuán

Yao Wenyuan (1931-2005), one of the Gang of Four

姜文
jiāng wén

Jiang Wen (1963-), sixth generation Chinese movie director

孙文
sūn wén

the original name of 孫中山|孙中山[sūn zhōng shān], Dr Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925), first president of the Republic of China and co-founder of the Guomintang 國民黨|国民党[guó mín dǎng]

学位论文
xué wèi lùn wén

dissertation; thesis

官样文章
guān yàng wén zhāng

officialese

密文
mì wén

coded text

富文本
fù wén běn

rich text (computing)

尤文图斯
yóu wén tú sī

Juventus, Italian football team

尤里斯·伊文思
yóu lǐ sī · yī wén sī

Joris Ivens (1898-1989), Dutch documentary filmmaker and committed communist

属文
zhǔ wén

to write prose

崇文区
chóng wén qū

Chongwen district of central Beijing

崇文门
chóng wén mén

Chongwenmen gate in Beijing

巴利文
bā lì wén

Pali, language of Theravad Pali canon

布鲁克海文国家实验室
bù lǔ kè hǎi wén guó jiā shí yàn shì

Brookhaven National Laboratory

布鲁克海文实验室
bù lǔ kè hǎi wén shí yàn shì

Brookhaven National Laboratory

希伯莱文
xī bó lái wén

Hebrew language

希腊文
xī là wén

Greek literature

序文
xù wén

preface

建文
jiàn wén

Jianwen Emperor, reign name of second Ming Emperor Zhu Yunwen 朱允炆[zhū yǔn wén] (1377-1402), reigned 1398-1402

建文帝
jiàn wén dì

reign name of second Ming emperor, reigned 1398-1402, deposed in 1402

吊文
diào wén

paper prayers for the dead burnt at funerals

引文
yǐn wén

quotation

后文
hòu wén

the pages ahead

得文
dé wén

Devon (county of southwest England)

征文
zhēng wén

to solicit articles, essays or pieces of literature (on a subject or in commemoration of an event)

德文
dé wén

German (language)

恶搞文化
è gǎo wén huà

spoofing culture (Web-based genre in PRC acquiring cult status from 2005, involving humorous, satirical or fantastical videos, photo collections, texts, poems etc)

应用文
yìng yòng wén

applied writing

成文
chéng wén

written

成文法
chéng wén fǎ

statute

才兼文武
cái jiān wén wǔ

talent in both military and civil field (idiom)

批准文号
pī zhǔn wén hào

(drug etc) approval number

批文
pī wén

official written ruling in response to a submission

拉丁文
lā dīng wén

Latin (language)

拉丁文字
lā dīng wén zì

the alphabet

拉文克劳
lā wén kè láo

Ravenclaw (Harry Potter)

拉文纳
lā wén nà

Ravenna on the Adriatic coast of Italy

拼音文字
pīn yīn wén zì

phonetic alphabet

推文
tuī wén

tweet (on Twitter)

撰文
zhuàn wén

to write an article

叙利亚文
xù lì yà wén

Syriac language (from c. 2nd century BC)

教科文组织
jiào kē wén zǔ zhī

UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

散文诗
sǎn wén shī

prose poem

文不加点
wén bù jiā diǎn

to write a flawless essay in one go (idiom)

文不对题
wén bù duì tí

irrelevant

文人相轻
wén rén xiāng qīng

scholars tend to disparage one another (idiom)

文以载道
wén yǐ zài dào

words of truth

文件大小
wén jiàn dà xiǎo

file size

文件夹
wén jiàn jiā

file (paper)

文件服务器
wén jiàn fú wù qì

file server

文件格式
wén jiàn gé shì

file format

文具商
wén jù shāng

stationer

文具店
wén jù diàn

stationery store

文创产业
wén chuàng chǎn yè

creative industries (design, music, publishing etc)

文化交流
wén huà jiāo liú

cultural exchange

文化传统
wén huà chuán tǒng

cultural tradition

文化史
wén huà shǐ

cultural history

文化和旅游部
wén huà hé lǚ yóu bù

(PRC) Ministry of Culture and Tourism

文化圈
wén huà quān

sphere of cultural influence

文化城
wén huà chéng

city of culture