文学

wén xué

CL 本 běn 篇 piān 部 bù

HSK 2.0 Level 5 HSK 3.0 Level 5 Noun Uncommon

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Definitions

1. literature

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Word relationships

Related words

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• 文艺 wén yì 文艺 wén yì literature and art 文艺 includes arts and culture broadly, while 文学 specifically refers to written works.: literature and art
• 文献 wén xiàn 文献 wén xiàn document 文献 refers to documents or texts, often in a scholarly context, overlapping with 文学.: document
• 学术 xué shù 学术 xué shù learning 学术 means scholarship; 文学 is often studied as an academic discipline.: learning

Usage notes

Collocations

文学 is often used with 作品 (works), 研究 (research), or 批评 (criticism), e.g., 文学作品 (literary works).

Common mistakes

Do not confuse 文学 with 文化 (culture); 文学 specifically means literature, while 文化 is broader.

Example Sentences

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他 文学 素养很高。

His literary attainment is very high.

她研究中国古典 文学 。

She studies classical Chinese literature.

我参加了一个 文学 社团。

I joined a literature club.

这本书是一部纪实 文学 作品。

This book is a documentary literary work.

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Words Containing 文学

• 中国文学艺术界联合会 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)
• 人文学 人文学 rén wén xué: humanities
• 凡尔赛文学 凡尔赛文学 fán ěr sài wén xué: (slang) social media post whose purpose is to humblebrag
• 古典文学 古典文学 gǔ diǎn wén xué: classical literature
• 报告文学 报告文学 bào gào wén xué: reportage
• 天文学 天文学 tiān wén xué: astronomy
• 天文学大成 天文学大成 tiān wén xué dà chéng: the Almagest by Ptolemy
• 天文学家 天文学家 tiān wén xué jiā: astronomer
• 文学博士 文学博士 wén xué bó shì: Doctor of Letters
• 文学史 文学史 wén xué shǐ: history of literature
• 文学士 文学士 wén xué shì: Bachelor of Arts
• 文学家 文学家 wén xué jiā: writer
• 文学巨匠 文学巨匠 wén xué jù jiàng: literary master
• 比较文学 比较文学 bǐ jiào wén xué: comparative literature
• 茅盾文学奖 茅盾文学奖 máo dùn wén xué jiǎng: Mao Dun Literature Prize, PRC prize for novel writing, awarded since 1982
• 诺贝尔文学奖 诺贝尔文学奖 nuò bèi ěr wén xué jiǎng: Nobel Prize in Literature
• 达尔文学徒 达尔文学徒 dá ěr wén xué tú: Darwinian
• 达尔文学说 达尔文学说 dá ěr wén xué shuō: Darwinism

Child Words of 文学

• 学 学 xué: to learn
• 文 文 wén: language