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Definitions
- 1. language
- 2. culture
- 3. writing
- 4. formal
- 5. literary
- 6. gentle
- 7. Kangxi radical 67
Example Sentences
1 shown我來自義大利，會說義大利 文 。
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Words Containing 文
King Huiwen of Zhao 趙國|赵国, reigned 298-266 BC during the Warring States Period
Coventry (UK)
birth name of Lord Menchang of Qi, Chancellor of Qi and Wei during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
bookish
Wendeng, county-level city in Weihai 威海, Shandong
Reader's Digest
State of the Union Address (US)
Jesse Owens (1913-1980), American athlete
Mongolian language
China Japan Korea (CJK) unified ideographs
Roman Tam (1949-), Canto-pop singer
Yu Wenbao (lived around 1240), prolific Song dynasty poet
Slovenian (language)
file size
the train of thought in writing
writings in the vernacular
(idiom) to display one's facility with words
political and military achievements (idiom)
Jyōmon period of Japanese prehistory, with rope pattern pottery
irrelevant
stationery store
social Darwinism
Liu Heng (202-157 BC), the fourth Han emperor Han Wendi, reigned 180-157 BC
Wendi (541-604), posthumous name of the first Sui emperor, reigned 581-604
Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (Japan), ceased to exist in 2001 when it was merged with another ministry
Calvin Klein CK (brand)
city of culture
Wen'an county in Langfang 廊坊[láng fáng], Hebei
translated text
astronomical unit (AU)
Duke Wen of Jin (697-628 BC, reigned 636-628 BC), one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸[chūn qiū wǔ bà]
promotional material
CSIC, Chinese standard interchange code used from 1992
pomelo
Stratford-upon-Avon
briefcase
stationery
aragonite (geology)
worthless (idiom)
astronomer
heritage trail
humanities
to write an essay
TOCFL (Test of Chinese as a Foreign Language)
red-letterhead document, an official document with the name of the issuing government agency printed in red at the top, circulated to relevant bodies
French language
(newspapers etc) copy
Yao Wenyuan (1931-2005), one of the Gang of Four
planetarium
literary circles
Sven Hedin (1865-1952), famous Swedish adventurer and archaeologist, whose 1894-1900 Central Asian expeditions uncovered Kroraina or Loulan 樓蘭|楼兰
tweet (on Twitter)
Stephens
narrative writing
river of literacy, sea of learning (idiom); ars longa, vita brevis
braille
Classical Chinese writing
main text (as opposed to footnotes)
Spanish
Japanese-style emoticon, e.g. (⇀‸↼‶)
eulogy
preceding part of the text
(textual) context
a single penny
writing style
humanities and social sciences
initial
Wenshui county in Lüliang 呂梁|吕梁[Lu:3 liáng], Shanxi 山西
cultural layer (in an archaeological dig)
reportage
the Renaissance
Calvin (name)
office worker
to write a flawless essay in one go (idiom)
Wencheng county in Wenzhou 溫州|温州[wēn zhōu], Zhejiang
educational level
ideograph
clam
Stevenson or Stephenson (name)
civil and military officials
Wenshui county in Lüliang 呂梁|吕梁[Lu:3 liáng], Shanxi 山西
drinking culture
Guwen Guanzhi, an anthology of essays written in Literary Chinese, compiled and edited by Wu Chucai and Wu Diaohou of Qing dynasty
file (paper)
cultural movement aspiring to study and emulate classic works, at different periods of history, esp. Tang and Song
hangul, Korean phonetic alphabet; Korean letters
Cultural Revolution (1966-1976)
collection of documents
to bite words and chew characters (idiom); punctilious about minutiae of wording
Darwinian
funeral oration
vigorously pursuing knowledge, while scrupulously abiding by the rules of decorum (idiom)
to compose an essay
basic multilingual plane (BMP)
talent in both military and civil field (idiom)
Bachelor of Arts
illiterate
without a penny to one's name
Wen Kang (mid-19th century), Manchu-born novelist, author of The Gallant Maid 兒女英雄傳|儿女英雄传[ér nu:3 yīng xióng zhuàn]
Wenfeng district of Anyang city 安陽市|安阳市[ān yáng shì], Henan
(drug etc) approval number
early Tang literary style despised as shallow by the classicists
(bird species of China) white-rumped munia (Lonchura striata)
Wenchang City, Hainan
genre of writing
Jianwen Emperor, reign name of second Ming Emperor Zhu Yunwen 朱允炆[zhū yǔn wén] (1377-1402), reigned 1398-1402
Lord's Prayer
Darwinism
Si Wenming, personal name of Yu the Great 大禹[dà yǔ]
department of foreign languages
Calvin (1509-1564), French protestant reformer
poetry and literature
hypertext markup language
PLA military personnel who specialize in literary or artistic pursuits
intercultural
Wensheng district of Liaoyang city 遼陽市|辽阳市[liáo yáng shì], Liaoning
Eastern civilization
incantation
cultural tourism
salmon (loanword)
verse
astronomical observatory
audio file (computer)
digest (of literature)
rich text (computing)
writings
(bird species of China) scaly-breasted munia (Lonchura punctulata)
paperwork
Portuguese (language)
Wang Hongwen (1935-1992), one of the Gang of Four
Ravenclaw (Harry Potter)
Evans
Taipei Metro Wenshan Line (known as the Muzha Line 木柵線|木栅线[mù zhà xiàn] prior to October 8, 2009)
(of a person's manner or character) gentle and quiet
material and spiritual culture
the impact of a piece of writing on the reader
sphere of cultural influence
young person who adopts an artistic or intellectual style
cultural history
passport
red tape
worthless (idiom)
the Classics
Document Object Model (DOM)
the text of an annotated book
Slovenia
refined
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Sanskrit
Kuiwen district of Weifang city 濰坊市|潍坊市[wéi fāng shì], Shandong
Nobel Prize in Literature
Shanghai Media Group
Russian language
hypertext transfer protocol
palindrome
Brunei Darussalam
equally proficient in intellectual and military affairs
Wenshan County in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao autonomous prefecture 文山壯族苗族自治州|文山壮族苗族自治州[wén shān zhuàng zú miáo zú zì zhì zhōu], Yunnan
Longwen district of Zhangzhou city 漳州市[zhāng zhōu shì], Fujian
Tibetan script
Owen (name)
alias of 葉偉民|叶伟民[yè wěi mín]
scripture
words of truth
a popular form of narrative literature flourishing in the Tang Dynasty (618-907) with alternate prose and rhymed parts for recitation and singing (often on Buddhist themes)
Kuiwen district of Weifang city 濰坊市|潍坊市[wéi fāng shì], Shandong
astronomy
a person studying for the imperial examinations
Longman (name)
PRC State Administration of Cultural Heritage (SACH)
statute
King Huiwen of Qin 秦國|秦国, ruled 338-311 BC during the Warring States Period
Hopkins-Nanjing Center
context menu (computing)
context
see 說文解字|说文解字[shuō wén jiě zì]
literature and language
(computer) file; document; documentation
small flame (when cooking, simmering etc)
civilize
essay
the pen is mightier than the sword (idiom)
rune
genteel
Wen Zhengming (1470-1559), Ming painter, one of Four great southern talents of the Ming 江南四大才子
Wenshan county in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao autonomous prefecture 文山壯族苗族自治州|文山壮族苗族自治州[wén shān zhuàng zú miáo zú zì zhì zhōu], Yunnan
reform of the writing system
classical literature
characters cut in relief
file format
the literary world
Joris Ivens (1898-1989), Dutch documentary filmmaker and committed communist
history of literature
cultural palace
to write an article
to state in writing (laws, rules etc)
preface
article
paper
Republic of Slovenia
litany (text of a prayer)
compilation
sandwich (loanword)
luminous style
Finest Blossoms in the Garden of Literature, Song dynasty collection of poetry, odes, songs and writings compiled during 982-986 under Li Fang 李昉[lǐ fǎng], Xu Xuan 徐鉉|徐铉[xú xuàn], Song Bai 宋白[sòng bái] and Su Yijian 蘇易簡|苏易简[sū yì jiǎn], 1000 scrolls
Chongwenmen gate in Beijing
philology
contract
hypertext
Dongba culture of the Nakhi ethnic group of Lijiang 麗江|丽江 in northwest Yunnan
Chinese-English parallel texts
hypertext
Eastern and Western culture
official document sent to an agency (or an official) of equal rank (in imperial times)
text
Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level
hangul, Korean phonetic alphabet
secret document
to tattoo the face
spoofing culture (Web-based genre in PRC acquiring cult status from 2005, involving humorous, satirical or fantastical videos, photo collections, texts, poems etc)
quotation
official document
paleography
lit. remarkable work appreciated by all (idiom); universally praised (original meaning)
a worthless piece of paper (idiom)
Darwinism
file server
superficial show
archaic (and simpler) form of a Chinese character
Chinese language
Jiang Wen (1963-), sixth generation Chinese movie director
Hebrew language
expressly stipulated (in writing)
Chongwen district of central Beijing
to make an issue of sth
Wenbu or Ombu village in Nyima county 尼瑪縣|尼玛县[ní mǎ xiàn], Nagchu prefecture, central Tibet
literary master
Lord Kelvin 1824-1907, British physicist (William Thomson)
Chinese language
crude and ill-educated (idiom)
Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of keen awareness
spiritual culture
original text
culture shock
Interfax News Agency
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
paper prayers for the dead burnt at funerals
secretariat
Wen county in Longnan 隴南|陇南[lǒng nán], Gansu
place of cultural interest
(bird species of China) bearded reedling (Panurus biarmicus)
humanism
Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of keen awareness
Moon Jae-in (1953-), Korean politician and human rights lawyer, president of Korea from 2017
Wenzong Emperor, reign name of Yuan Dynasty emperor Tugh Temür (1304-1332), reigned 1328-1332
inscription on a tablet
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
coded text
eight-part essay one had to master to pass the imperial exams in Ming and Qing dynasties
Ravenna on the Adriatic coast of Italy
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR)
arts and sciences
Wen Wei Po (Hong Kong newspaper)
Pali, language of Theravad Pali canon
to parade by interspersing one's speech or writing with literary allusions
unwritten (rule)
civilians and the military (working) hand in hand (idiom)
(idiom) to cover up one's faults; to whitewash
(PRC) Ministry of Culture and Tourism
Xiuwen County in Guiyang 貴陽|贵阳[guì yáng], Guizhou
cultural recreation
foreign language (written)
to polish a text
propaganda department
Former Han dynasty school of Confucian scholars
oracle script
oracle script
Brunei Darussalam, independent sultanate in northwest Borneo
Devon (county of southwest England)
writing
setose asparagus
ITŌ Hirobumi (1841-1909), Japanese politician, prime minister on four occasions, influential in Japanese expansionism in Korea, assassinated in Harbin
literature and art
cultural fever
National Committee of Cultural Heritage
text file
Steven, Stephen (name)
elegant
Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of keen awareness
(coll.) to post a message
(PPT etc) presentation
Short History of Civilization, late Qing novel by Li Boyuan 李伯元[lǐ bó yuán] or Li Baojia 李寶嘉|李宝嘉[lǐ bǎo jiā] describing the turmoil after the 1900 Eight-Nation Alliance 八國聯軍|八国联军[bā guó lián jūn]
Spanish (language)
Wenshan District of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市[tái běi shì], Taiwan
Kharosthi (ancient language of central Asia)
Burmese (language, esp. written)
Classical Chinese
Former Han dynasty school of Confucian scholars
electronic document
to tattoo
remarkable or peculiar piece of writing
dissertation; thesis
Sven Hedin (1865-1952), famous Swedish adventurer and archaeologist, whose 1894-1900 Central Asian expeditions uncovered Kroraina or Loulan 樓蘭|楼兰[lóu lán]
Four Treasures of the Study, namely 筆|笔[bǐ], 墨[mò], 紙|纸[zhǐ] and 硯|砚[yàn]
Man Kam To (place in Hong Kong)
Malaysian language
civil and military
Syriac language (from c. 2nd century BC)
Greek literature
UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
chauvinism
lifestyle diseases
to give for free
National Commission for the Identification of Cultural Heritage
top secret document
Wendeng, county-level city in Weihai 威海, Shandong
literature and history
hydrology
writing style (formal)
Philology
dead letter
expert on writing systems
Juventus, Italian football team
paperwork; clerical tasks
Wencheng county in Wenzhou 溫州|温州[wēn zhōu], Zhejiang
Cao Pi 曹丕, emperor of Wei 220-226
cited material
Japanese (language)
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Kazakh written language
(slang) social media post whose purpose is to humblebrag
culture
empty formality
convoluted and overelaborate (document)
(idiom) frail scholar
Evan
text-only webpage
Wen Zhong (-467 BC), adviser to the state of Yue during Spring and Autumn period
Charles Darwin (1809-1882), British biologist and author of \On the Origin of Species\ 物種起源|物种起源[wǔ zhǒng qǐ yuán]
semiliterate
Steven (name)
full text search
(bird species of China) chestnut munia (Lonchura atricapilla)
Korean written language
language; use of words; phraseology
Kevin Rudd (1957-), Australian politician, proficient in Mandarin, prime minister 2007-2010 and 2013
World Heritage site
to issue a document
Longshan culture
Shen Congwen (1902-1988), novelist
penniless (idiom)
clause
civilian post (as opposed to military)
obituary notice
humanities
collected works
early form of Chinese characters inscribed in stone, a precursor of the small seal 小篆[xiǎo zhuàn]
entire text
Hong Kong Cultural Center
literate
highly literate
text editor
document
(computing) disk image (aka image file); ISO image
Ko Wen-je (1959-), Taiwanese independent politician, Mayor of Taipei City from 2014
advertorial
this text
reign name of second Ming emperor, reigned 1398-1402, deposed in 1402
lancelet (Branchiostoma lanceolatum), a primitive fish
writer
literary inquisition
German (language)
Yangshao neolithic culture from the central Yellow river basin, with red and black pottery
text
plagiarist
Indo-European (language)
material culture
Latin (language)
received document
Manchurian written language
British Council
Ban Ki Moon (1944-), Korean diplomat, UN secretary-general 2007-2016
CNS 11643, Chinese character coding adopted in Taiwan, 1986-1992
prose
(UNESCO) Intangible Cultural Heritage
the writing style mirrors the writer (idiom)
seal script used throughout the pre-Han period
convoluted
bell-cauldron script
Emperor Wen of Han (202-157 BC), fourth Han emperor, personal name Liu Heng 劉恆|刘恒[liú héng], reigned 180-157 BC
shallow orthography (governed by simple rules)
cultural tradition
Independent Chinese PEN center
Cavendish (name)
stationer
literary work
bra
absolutely still
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)
Kevin (person name)
a mountain of paperwork and a sea of meetings (idiom)
Former Han dynasty study or rewriting of classical texts such as the Confucian six classics 六經|六经[liù jīng]
to be penniless
Wang Shuwen (735-806), famous Tang dynasty scholar, Go player and politician, a leader of failed Yongzhen Reform 永貞革新|永贞革新[yǒng zhēn gé xīn] of 805
literary (rather than colloquial) pronunciation of a Chinese character
civilized
cultural heritage
Wenfeng town (common place name)
Arabic (language & writing)
Mao Dun Literature Prize, PRC prize for novel writing, awarded since 1982
Dawenkou culture (c. 4100-2600 BC), Neolithic culture based in today's Shandong area 山東|山东[shān dōng]
English (language)
to write prose
Longwen district of Zhangzhou city 漳州市[zhāng zhōu shì], Fujian
Qijia neolithic culture, centered around the Gansu Corridor 河西走廊[hé xī zǒu láng] c. 2000 BC
Shuowen Jiezi, the original Han dynasty Chinese character dictionary with 10,516 entries, authored by Xu Shen 許慎|许慎[xǔ shèn] in 2nd century
(UNESCO) World Cultural Heritage
cultural exchange
cuneiform (Babylonian script)
Vietnamese written language
written statement
the alphabet
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]
grammar
Interfax, Russian non-governmental news agency
officialese
China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (CFLAC)
subculture
phonetic alphabet
some deeper meaning in this
word processing
Chinese written language
Xingwen county in Yibin 宜賓|宜宾[yí bīn], Sichuan
subculture
Wen Tianxiang (1236-1283), Song dynasty politician and poet, folk hero in resisting Mongol invasion in Jiangxi in 1275
cultural relic
liberal arts
Robert Louis Stevenson (novelist), author of Treasure Island 金銀島|金银岛[jīn yín dǎo]
lit. Martian language
identification document
text only (webpage)
blog article
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
Elvish (language of elves)
theatrical performance
multiculturalism
applied writing
lit. view a text and interpret (idiom); to interpret word by word without understanding the meaning
culture and education
paired phrases (poetic device)
Prince KONOE Fumimaro (1891-), Japanese nobleman and militarist politician, prime minister 1937-1939 and 1940-1941
unwritten law
Aramaic
text box (computing)
hypertext transfer protocol
official written ruling in response to a submission
Thai (language)
manuscript
Darwin, capital of the Northern Territory, Australia
scholars tend to disparage one another (idiom)
literary talent
petition (submitted to a superior)
giant clam
Wenshan Zhuang and Miao autonomous prefecture in Yunnan 雲南|云南
document
document
ancient civilization
Wenchang City, Hainan
interpreting words
official denunciation
St Vincent and Grenadines, Caribbean island in Lesser Antilles
dead language
Xiuwen County in Guiyang 貴陽|贵阳[guì yáng], Guizhou
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written
inscription
Liangzhu (c. 3400-2250 BC), neolithic culture of Changjiang delta
Mesopotamian civilization
inscription in bronze
refined in manner
prose poem
Purple Mountain Observatory
scholar
master of pen and sword
a text (article, script, contract etc)
Bachelor of Arts B.A.
creative industries (design, music, publishing etc)
to solicit articles, essays or pieces of literature (on a subject or in commemoration of an event)
hacker terminology
hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP)
Owens (name)
Wenfeng district of Anyang city 安陽市|安阳市[ān yáng shì], Henan
astronomy
the New Culture Movement (mid-1910s and 1920s), intellectual revolution against Confucianism aiming to introduce Western elements, especially democracy and science
civilian court official (in former times)
Doctor of Letters
official communication (between gov. offices of equal rank)
cultural barrier
Tsai Ing-wen (1956-), Taiwanese DPP politician, president of the Republic of China from 2016
constellation governing scholarship and examinations; (fig.) renowned literary genius
diploma
literature
emoji
Vietnamese written language
pictogram
Wenbu or Ombu village in Nyima county 尼瑪縣|尼玛县[ní mǎ xiàn], Nagchu prefecture, central Tibet
the Almagest by Ptolemy
secretary
Wen'an county in Langfang 廊坊[láng fáng], Hebei
bookish
human geography
literati
Thousand Character Classic, 6th century poem used as a traditional reading primer
Xingwen county in Yibin 宜賓|宜宾[yí bīn], Sichuan
plain text (computing)
comparative literature
character
(of a nation) to denounce and threaten with military force
the pages ahead
Kevin (name)
to value letters and belittle arms (idiom); to stress civil matters and neglect the military
Emperor Wenzong of Tang (809-840), reign name of fifteenth Tang emperor 李昂[lǐ áng], reigned 827-840
Commentary on Shuowen Jiezi (1815) by Duan Yucai 段玉裁[duàn yù cái]
literary giant
Coventry city in West Midlands 西米德蘭茲|西米德兰兹[xī mǐ dé lán zī], UK
cultured and refined (idiom); gentle and cultivated
hangul, Korean phonetic alphabet
Chinese University of Hong Kong