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SimplifiedTraditionalPinyinEnglish
Wén- surname Wen
wén- language
- culture
- writing
- formal
- literary
- gentle
- (old) classifier for coins
- Kangxi radical 118
shàngwén- preceding part of the text
Zhōngwén- Chinese
- Chinese written language
- Chinese writing
wén- paired phrases (poetic device)
rénwén- humanities
- human affairs
- culture
zuòwén- to write an essay
- composition (student essay)
- CL:[pian1]
láiwén- received document
- sent document
Éwén- Russian language
XiūWén- Xiuwen county in Guiyang 貴陽|贵阳[Gui4 yang2], Guizhou
wén- Kevin (name)
quánwén- entire text
- full text
gōngwén- document
Kǎiwén- Kevin (person name)
fēnwén- a single penny
- a single cent
wén- blog article
- to write a blog article (netspeak)
yuánwén- original text
wén- old language
- the Classics
- classical Chinese as a literary model, esp. in Tang and Song prose
- classical Chinese as a school subject
chéngwén- petition (submitted to a superior)
zhòuwén- incantation
- spell
- to curse
wén- official communication (between gov. offices of equal rank)
- report delivered by the head of gov. on affairs of state
huíwén- palindrome
Āiwén- Evan
- Avon
- Ivan
wàiwén- foreign language (written)
tiānwén- astronomy
wén- remarkable work
- peculiar writing
Kuíwén- Kuiwen district of Weifang city 濰坊市|潍坊市[Wei2 fang1 shi4], Shandong
JiāngWén- Jiang Wen (1963-), sixth generation Chinese movie director
wén- a branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑[Xian1 bei1] nomadic people
- two-character surname Yuwen
wén- coded text
- cypher
zhǔwén- to write prose
wén- preface
- foreword
- preamble
- recital (law)
- also written |[xu4 wen2]
JiànWén- Jianwen Emperor, reign name of second Ming Emperor Zhu Yunwen 朱允炆[Zhu1 Yun3 wen2] (1377-1402), reigned 1398-1402
diàowén- paper prayers for the dead burnt at funerals
yǐnwén- quotation
- citation
wén- Devon (county of southwest England)
wén- German (language)
chéngwén- written
- statutory
wén- official written ruling in response to a submission
- official approval in writing
zhuànwén- article (in publication)
wén- variant of [xu4 wen2]
sǎnwén- prose
- essay
wénrén- scholar
- literati
wénjiàn- document
- file
- CL:[fen4]
wén- stationery
- item of stationery (pen, pencil, eraser, pencil sharpener etc)
wénhuà- culture
- civilization
- cultural
- CL:|[ge4],|[zhong3]
wénshǐ- literature and history
wéngào- written statement
- proclamation
- announcement
wényuán- office worker
- clerk
wén- writing
- culture
wéntán- literary circles
wénshì- literati
- scholar
wén- cultural recreation
- entertainment
wén- character
- script
- writing
- written language
- writing style
- phraseology
- CL:|[ge4]
wénxué- literature
- CL:|[zhong3]
Wénān- Wen'an county in Langfang 廊坊[Lang2 fang2], Hebei
Wénzōng- Wenzong Emperor, reign name of Yuan Dynasty emperor Tugh Temür (1304-1332), reigned 1328-1332
wénzōng- sb whose calligraphy serves as a model
wénxuān- promotional material
- propaganda
Wénshān- Wenshan county in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao autonomous prefecture 山壯族苗族自治州|山壮族苗族自治州[Wen2 shan1 Zhuang4 zu2 Miao2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan
- Wenshan district of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市[Tai2 bei3 shi4], Taiwan
Wénfēng- Wenfeng district of Anyang city 安陽市|安阳市[An1 yang2 shi4], Henan
wén- collection of documents
- library
- book series
- sequence of data, esp. genome
WénKāng- Wen Kang (mid-19th century), Manchu-born novelist, author of The Gallant Maid 兒女英雄傳|儿女英雄传[Er2 nu:3 Ying1 xiong2 Zhuan4]
wén- the train of thought in writing
wénpíng- diploma
Wénchéng- Wencheng county in Wenzhou 溫州|温州[Wen1 zhou1], Zhejiang
wénzhāi- digest (of literature)
- to make a digest (of data)
- summary
wénjiào- culture and education
wéndàn- pomelo
Wénchāng- Wenchang City, Hainan
wénmíng- civilized
- civilization
- culture
- CL:|[ge4]
wénshū- document
- official correspondence
- secretary
- secretariat
wénběn- version
- text
wéndàng- (computer) file
wén- civil and military
Wénshū- Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of keen awareness
wén- the impact of a piece of writing on the reader
- gentle
- refined
Wénshuǐ- Wenshui county in Lüliang 呂梁|吕梁[Lu:3 liang2], Shanxi 山西
wén- grammar
wénhuǒ- small flame (when cooking, simmering etc)
wéndié- official document
wén- paperwork
- official documents and letters
- (old) secretary
wén- cultural relic
- historical relic
- CL:[jian4],|[ge4]
wénxiàn- document
wén- arts and sciences
Wéndēng- Wendeng county level city in Weihai 威海, Shandong
wénmáng- illiterate
wénshí- aragonite (geology)
wén- liberal arts
- humanities
wén- secretary
WénZhǒng- Wen Zhong (-467 BC), adviser to the state of Yue during Spring and Autumn period
稿稿wéngǎo- manuscript
- article (in newspaper)
- draft
wénzhāng- article
- essay
- literary works
- writings
- hidden meaning
- CL:[pian1],[duan4],|[ye4]
wéntóng- a person studying for the imperial examinations
wénzhú- setose asparagus
wén- writings
- writing style
wényuē- contract
- written agreement
Wénxiàn- Wen county in Longnan 隴南|陇南[Long3 nan2], Gansu
Wénlián- abbr. for 中國學藝術界聯合會|中国学艺术界联合会, China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (CFLAC)
wénzhí- civilian post (as opposed to military)
- civil service
- administration
wénxiōng- bra
wénchén- civilian court official (in former times)
wényuàn- the literary world
Wénlái- Brunei Darussalam, independent sultanate in northwest Borneo
wén- literature and art
wén- clam
- bivalve mollusc, many spp.
wényán- classical Chinese
wén- literary (rather than colloquial) pronunciation of a Chinese character
wénháo- literary giant
- great writer
- eminent writer
wénshēn- to tattoo
wén- language
- words
wénxuǎn- compilation
- selected works
Wén- Wenbu or Ombu village in Nyima county 尼瑪縣|尼玛县[Ni2 ma3 xian4], Nagchu prefecture, central Tibet
- Tang dynasty equivalent of 吏部, personnel office
wéncǎi- literary talent
- literary grace
- rich and bright colors
wén- elegant
- refined
wén- collected works
wénjìng- quiet
- silent
wénmiàn- to tattoo the face
- face tattoo
- to brand (ancient punishment)
Wén- Cultural Revolution (1966-76)
- abbr. for 化大革命[Wen2 hua4 Da4 ge2 ming4]
wénfēng- writing style
wénshì- to polish a text
- rhetoric
- ornate language
- to use florid language to conceal errors
- to gloss over
wén- genre of writing
- literary form
- style
- literary recreation and sporting activities
wén- refined
- educate
- cultured
- intellectual
- polite
- gentle
wén- Japanese (language)
míngwén- to state in writing (laws, rules etc)
Lǎngwén- Longman (name)
běnwén- this text
- article
- the main body of a book
ànwén- text
tiáowén- clause
- explanatory section in a document
Fànwén- Sanskrit
Ōuwén- Owen (name)
- Erwin (name)
- Irvine, California
zhèngwén- main text (as opposed to footnotes)
- main body (of a book)
shuǐwén- hydrology
wén- French language
tàiwén- Thai (language)
yángwén- foreign language (esp. Western) (old)
滿Mǎnwén- Manchurian written language
Hànwén- Chinese written language
- Chinese literature esp. as taught abroad
bǐngwén- luminous style
Tiánwén- birth name of Lord Menchang of Qi, Chancellor of Qi and Wei during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
wén- variant character
- loan word
- variant written form (for the same word)
- different edition
báiwén- the text of an annotated book
- an unannotated edition of a book
- intagliated characters (on a seal)
mángwén- Braille (alphabet for the blind)
bēiwén- inscription on a tablet
dǎowén- litany (text of a prayer)
zhòuwén- seal script used throughout the pre-Han period
jīngwén- scripture
- scriptures
- CL:[ben3]
zhuìwén- to compose an essay
Miǎnwén- Burmese (language, esp. written)
fánwén- convoluted
- elaborate formalities
shéngwén- Jyōmon period of Japanese prehistory, with rope pattern pottery
Luówén- Roman Tam (1949-), Canto-pop singer
Xīngwén- Xingwen county in Yibin 宜賓|宜宾[Yi2 bin1], Sichuan
Yīngwén- English (language)
Huáwén- Chinese language
- Chinese script
Měngwén- Mongolian language
Zàngwén- Tibetan script
- Tibetan written language
- Tibetan language
wén- dead letter
- rule no longer in force
- empty formality
xíngwén- writing style (formal)
- to send an official written communication
西西wén- Spanish
- Western language
- foreign languages (in Qing times)
shīwén- poetry and literature
wén- literature and language
Shuōwén- see 解字|解字[Shuo1 wen2 Jie3 zi4]
wén- text
- CL:[pian1]
lùnwén- paper
- treatise
- thesis
- CL:[pian1]
- to discuss a paper or thesis (old)
yànwén- hangeul 한글, Korean phonetic alphabet
wén- translated text
biànwén- 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)
Yuèwén- Vietnamese written language
- Vietnamese literature
zhuǎnwén- to decorate one's speech or writing with literary allusions
shìwén- interpreting words
- to explain the meaning of words in classic texts
- to decipher an old script
chóngwén- repetitious passage
- multiple variants of Chinese characters
jīnwén- inscription in bronze
- bell-cauldron inscription
míngwén- inscription
guānwén- passport
- travel papers
yángwén- characters cut in relief
wén- essay
Hánwén- hangeul 한글, Korean phonetic alphabet
- Korean written language
yùnwén- verse
Lóngwén- Longwen district of Zhangzhou city 漳州市[Zhang1 zhou1 shi4], Fujian
sānwénzhì- sandwich (loanword)
sānwén- salmon (loanword)
shàngxiàwén- (textual) context
chéngwén- unwritten (rule)
zhǔdǎowén- Lord's Prayer
wénhuà- subculture
rénwénxué- humanities
jīnwén- former Han dynasty study or rewriting of classical texts such as the Confucian six classics 六經|六经
jīnwénjīng- former Han dynasty school of Confucian scholars
wén- Kharosthi (ancient language of central Asia)
Wénbào- Yu Wenbao (lived around 1240), prolific Song dynasty poet
XiūWénxiàn- Xiuwen county in Guiyang 貴陽|贵阳[Gui4 yang2], Guizhou
zuòwénzhāng- to make an issue of sth
- to fuss
- to make a song and dance
gōngwénbāo- briefcase
- attaché case
Lièzhìwén- Richmond (place name or surname)
qiánhòuwén- context
- the surrounding words
- same as 上下
Jiāěrwén- Calvin (1509-1564), French protestant reformer
Qiānwén- Thousand Character Classic, 6th century poem used as a traditional reading primer
bànwénmáng- semiliterate
ěrwén- Calvin (name)
YìnŌuwén- Indo-European (language)
fǎnwénpáng- (colloquial) grapheme (variant form of Kangxi radical 66, )
wénmíng- ancient civilization
Shǐwén- Steven, Stephen (name)
Tóngwénguǎn- the first modern Chinese library established in 1898 by William A.P. Martin 丁韙良|丁韪良, becoming the foundation for Peking University library
ZhōuWénwáng- 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[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2] the first Zhou dynasty king
TángWénzōng- Emperor Wenzong of Tang (809-840), reign name of fifteenth Tang emperor 李昂[Li3 Ang2], reigned 827-840
Āiwén- Evans
- Ivins
- Ivens
wàiwén- department of foreign languages
- modern languages (college department)
wén- giant clam
- geoduck (Panopea abrupta)
- elephant trunk clam
- same as 象拔蚌[xiang4 ba2 bang4]
Tiānchéngwén- Devanagari alphabet used in India and Nepal
tiānwéntái- observatory
tiānwénxué- astronomy
tiānwénguǎn- planetarium
Kuíwén- Kuiwen district of Weifang city 濰坊市|潍坊市[Wei2 fang1 shi4], Shandong
Wénmìng- Si Wenming, personal name of Yu the Great 大禹[Da4 Yu3]
YáoWényuán- Yao Wenyuan (1931-2005), one of the Gang of Four
Chóngwén- Chongwen district of central Beijing
chóngwénmén- Chongwenmen in Beijing
wén- Pali, language of Theravad Pali canon
wén- Greek literature
Jiànwén- reign name of second Ming emperor, reigned 1398-1402, deposed in 1402 (mysterious disappearance is ongoing conspiracy theory)
yìngyòngwén- applied writing
- writing for practical purposes (business letters, advertising etc)
chéngwén- statute
dīngwén- Latin (language)
wén- Ravenna on the Adriatic coast of Italy
sǎnwénshī- prose poem
wénjiànjiā- folder
- file (paper)
wénshāng- stationer
wéndiàn- stationery store
wénhuàshǐ- cultural history
wénhuàjuàn- sphere of cultural influence
wénhuàchéng- city of culture
wénhuàgōng- cultural palace
wénhuàcéng- culture level (in archaeological site)
wénhuà- cultural fever
- cultural craze
WénTiānxiáng- Wen Tianxiang (1236-1283), Song dynasty politician and poet, folk hero in resisting Mongol invasion in Jiangxi in 1275
wénxué- philology
wéndàng- text file
wén- literary inquisition
- official persecution of intellectuals for their writing
wénxuéshǐ- history of literature
wénxuéshì- Bachelor of Arts
- B.A.
- BA
- A.B.
- Artium Baccalaureus
wénxuéjiā- writer
- man of letters
- CL:|[ge4]
Wénānxiàn- Wen'an county in Langfang 廊坊[Lang2 fang2], Hebei
wénxuān- propaganda department
Wénshān- Wenshan district of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市[Tai2 bei3 shi4], Taiwan
Wénshānzhōu- abbr. for 山壯族苗族自治州|山壮族苗族自治州[Wen2 shan1 Zhuang4 zu2 Miao2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Wenshan Zhuang and Miao autonomous prefecture in Yunnan 雲南|云南
线Wénshānxiàn- Taipei Metro Wenshan Line (known as the Muzha Line 木柵線|木栅线[Mu4 zha4 xian4] prior to October 8, 2009)
Wénshānxiàn- Wenshan county in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao autonomous prefecture 山壯族苗族自治州|山壮族苗族自治州[Wen2 shan1 Zhuang4 zu2 Miao2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan
Wénfēng- Wenfeng district of Anyang city 安陽市|安阳市[An1 yang2 shi4], Henan
Wénfēngzhèn- Wenfeng town (common place name)
WénhuìBào- Wen Wei Po (Hong Kong newspaper)
- Wenhui News (Shanghai newspaper)
WénZhēngmíng- Wen Zhengming (1470-1559), Ming painter, one of Four great southern talents of the Ming 江南四大才子
Wénchéngxiàn- Wencheng county in Wenzhou 溫州|温州[Wen1 zhou1], Zhejiang
wénchāogōng- plagiarist
Wénchāngshì- Wenchang City, Hainan
wénchāng- lancelet (Branchiostoma lanceolatum), a primitive fish
wénmínghuà- civilize
wénmíngbìng- lifestyle diseases
Wénshuǐxiàn- Wenshui county in Lüliang 呂梁|吕梁[Lu:3 liang2], Shanxi 山西
wénjìng- heritage trail
wénxiànxué- Philology
- Historical Linguistics
Wéndēngshì- Wendeng county level city in Weihai 威海, Shandong
wénzhōuzhōu- bookish
- genteel
- erudite
Wénshèng- Wensheng district of Liaoyang city 遼陽市|辽阳市[Liao2 yang2 shi4], Liaoning
wénbīng- PLA military personnel who specialize in literary or artistic pursuits
wényánwén- classical Chinese
wénzhōuzhōu- bookish
- genteel
- erudite
Wénshěng- Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (Japan), ceased to exist in 2001 when it was merged with another ministry
Wénxiāng- Wenbu or Ombu village in Nyima county 尼瑪縣|尼玛县[Ni2 ma3 xian4], Nagchu prefecture, central Tibet
WénJǐn- Man Kam To (place in Hong Kong)
wénquè- (Chinese bird species) bearded reedling (Panurus biarmicus)
bānwénniǎo- (Chinese bird species) scaly-breasted munia (Lonchura punctulata)
wén- Steven (name)
- Simon Stevin (1548-1620), Flemish engineer and mathematician, played a key role in introducing the decimal system to Europe
FāngWénshān- Vincent Fang (1969-), Taiwanese multi-Golden Melody Award lyricist
JìnWéngōng- Duke Wen of Jin (697-628 BC, reigned 636-628 BC), one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸
Cháoxiǎnwén- Korean written language
Wénzhé- Ko Wen-je (1959-), Taiwanese independent politician, Mayor of Taipei City from 2014
wénhuà- subculture
Ōuwén- Owens (name)
wén- dead language
- indecipherable script
ShěnCóngwén- Shen Congwen (1902-1988), novelist
HànWén- Emperor Wen of Han (202-157 BC), fourth Han emperor, personal name Liu Heng 劉恆|刘恒[Liu2 Heng2], reigned 180-157 BC
Pānwén- Ban Ki Moon (1944-), Korean diplomat, UN secretary-general from 2006
Huǒxīngwén- lit. Martian language
- fig. Internet slang used to communicate secret messages that the general public or government can't understand
WángShūwén- 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[Yong3 zhen1 Ge2 xin1] of 805
WángHóngwén- Wang Hongwen (1935-1992), one of the Gang of Four
jiǎwén- oracle script
- oracle bone inscriptions (an early form of Chinese script)
báihuàwén- writings in the vernacular
shíwén- early form of Chinese characters inscribed in stone, a precursor of the small seal 小篆[xiao3 zhuan4]
jīnglíngwén- Elvish (language of elves)
chúnwén- text only (webpage)
Kǎowénchuí- Coventry city in West Midlands 西米德蘭茲|西米德兰兹[Xi1 mi3 de2 lan2 zi1], UK
Xīngwénxiàn- Xingwen county in Yibin 宜賓|宜宾[Yi2 bin1], Sichuan
Wěiwén- alias of 葉偉民|叶伟民[Ye4 Wei3 min2]
CàiYīngwén- Tsai Ing-wen (1956-), Taiwanese DPP politician
wén- narrative writing
- written narration
chāowénjiàn- hypertext
chāowénběn- hypertext
Yuènánwén- Vietnamese written language
- Vietnamese literature
kuàwénhuà- intercultural
zhuīdàowén- eulogy
ěrwén- Charles Darwin (1809-1882), British biologist and author of "On the Origin of Species" 物種起源|物种起源[wu3 zhong3 qi3 yuan2]
- Darwin, capital of Australian Northern Territory 北領地|北领地[Bei3 Ling3 di4]
zhōngdǐngwén- bell-cauldron script
- the form of Chinese character used in metal inscriptions
Kāiěrwén- Lord Kelvin 1824-1907, British physicist (William Thomson)
- Kelvin (temperature scale)
Ālánwén- Aramaic
wén- Kevin Rudd (1957-), Australian politician, proficient in Mandarin, prime minister 2007-2010 and 2013
SuíWén- first Sui emperor (541-604) Yang Jian (541-604), reigned 581-604
tóuwén- initial
- first letter of word (in Latin script)
láiwén- Malaysian language
WèiWén- Cao Pi 曹丕, emperor of Wei 220-226
hēiwén- hacker terminology
- leetspeak
Lóngwén- Longwen district of Zhangzhou city 漳州市[Zhang1 zhou1 shi4], Fujian
wénzhí- worthless (idiom)
- no use whatsoever
wénmíng- to be penniless
zhǐkōngwén- a worthless piece of paper (idiom)
zhíwén- worthless (idiom)
- no use whatsoever
míngwén- without a penny to one's name
- penniless
- stony-broke
chéngwén- unwritten law
Zhōngguówénlián- abbr. for 中國學藝術界聯合會|中国学艺术界联合会, China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (CFLAC)
rénwénzhǔ- humanism
rénwénjǐngguān- place of cultural interest
rénwénshè- (abbr.) humanities and social sciences
jīnwénjīngxué- former Han dynasty school of Confucian scholars
Yǎngsháowénhuà- Yangshao neolithic culture from the central Yellow river basin, with red and black pottery
téngwén- ITŌ Hirobumi (1841-1909), Japanese Meiji restoration politician, prime minister on four occasions, influential in Japanese expansionism in Korea, assassinated in Harbin
quánwénjiǎnsuǒ- full text search
liǎngwénmíng- Mesopotamian civilization
fēnwén- to give for free
wényuē- vigorously pursuing knowledge, while scrupulously abiding by the rules of decorum (idiom)
wénshí- Cavendish (name)
- Henry Cavendish (1731-1810), English nobleman and pioneer experimental scientist
cānkǎowénxiàn- cited material
- reference (to the literature)
- bibliography
diǎnwénxué- classical literature
wénxué- paleography
wénGuānzhǐ- Guwen Guanzhi, an anthology of essays written in Literary Chinese, compiled and edited by Wu Chucai and Wu Diaohou of Qing dynasty
wényùndòng- cultural movement aspiring to study and emulate classic works, at different periods of history, esp. Tang and Song
Shǐwén- Stephens
- Stevens
yǎowénjiáo- to bite words and chew characters (idiom); punctilious about minutiae of wording
wén- Kazakh written language
Āiwénmáo- Avonmouth in southwest England
- same as the Bristol channel 布里斯托爾海峽|布里斯托尔海峡[Bu4 li3 si1 tuo1 er3 hai3 xia2]
bàogàowénxué- reportage
yǒuwénzhāng- some deeper meaning in this
- more to it than meets the eye
- there's sth behind all this
tiānwéndānwèi- Astronomical Unit
- AU
- 149,567,892 km
tiānwénxuéjiā- astronomer
wéngòngshǎng- lit. remarkable work appreciated by all (idiom); universally praised (original meaning)
- incomprehensible nonsense
- preposterous bullshit
xuéwèilùnwén- a dissertation
- a PhD thesis
guānyàngwénzhāng- officialese
- red tape
Yóuwén- Juventus, Italian football team
láiwén- Hebrew language
ègǎowénhuà- spoofing culture (web based genre in PRC acquiring cult status from 2005, involving humorous, satirical or fantastical videos, photo collections, texts, poems etc)
cáijiānwén- talent in both military and civil field (idiom)
zhǔnwénhào- (drug etc) approval number
dīngwén- the alphabet
- latin letters
wénláo- Ravenclaw (Harry Potter)
pīnyīnwén- phonetic alphabet
- alphabetic writing system
wén- Syriac language (from c. 2nd century BC)
- the Syriac script
wénjiādiǎn- to write a flawless essay in one go (idiom)
- to be quick-witted and skilled at writing compositions
wénrénxiāngqīng- scholars tend to disparage one another (idiom)
wénzàidào- words of truth
- moral expressed in words
- written article explaining a moral
wénjiànxiǎo- file size
wénjiànshì- file format
wénchuàngchǎn- creative industries (design, music, publishing etc)
- abbr. for 化創意產業|化创意产业
wénhuàjiāoliú- cultural exchange
wénhuàchuántǒng- cultural tradition
wénhuàshuǐpíng- educational level
wénhuàchōng- cultural shock
wénhuàchǎn- cultural heritage
wénhuàzhàngài- cultural barrier
wénrén- the writing style mirrors the writer (idiom)
wénxuéjiā- expert on writing systems
wéngǎi- reform of the writing system
wénxuéshì- Doctor of Letters
wénxuéjiàng- literary master
wénshānhuìhǎi- a mountain of paperwork and a sea of meetings (idiom)
wénkānghuódòng- cultural and recreational activities (Tw)
wénfángbǎo- Four Treasures of the Study, namely |[bi3], [mo4], |[zhi3] and |[yan4]
- the essentials of calligraphy and scholarship (idiom)
WénmíngXiǎoshǐ- Short History of Civilization, late Qing novel by Li Boyuan 李伯元[Li3 Bo2 yuan2] or Li Baojia 李寶嘉|李宝嘉[Li3 Bao3 jia1] describing the turmoil after the 1900 Eight-Nation Alliance 八國聯軍|八国联军[Ba1 guo2 Lian2 jun1]
wénshūchǔ- word processing
wén- civilians and the military (working) hand in hand (idiom)
wénbǎiguān- civil and military officials
wénshuāngquán- well versed in letters and military technology (idiom); fine scholar and soldier
- master of pen and sword
Wénshū- Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of keen awareness
wénjiāngxuéhǎi- river of literacy, sea of learning (idiom); ars longa, vita brevis
wénzhìgōng- political and military achievements (idiom)
wénzhǔ- red tape
wénxuéshì- Bachelor of Arts B.A.
WényuànYīnghuá- 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[Li3 Fang3], Xu Xuan 徐鉉|徐铉[Xu2 Xuan4], Song Bai 宋白[Song4 Bai2] and Su Yijian 蘇易簡|苏易简[Su1 Yi4 jian3], 1000 scrolls
wénzuòpǐn- literary work
- art work
Wénxīng- the Renaissance
wényǎnchū- theatrical performance
- CL:|[chang3]
wénzhìbīnbīn- refined in manner
- gentle
wénguòshìfēi- to cover up one's faults (idiom)
- to whitewash
wénfēngdòng- absolutely still
- fig. not the slightest change
- also written 紋風不動|纹风不动
wénsēn- Stevenson or Stephenson (name)
míngwénguīdìng- expressly stipulated (in writing)
wàngwénshēng- lit. view a text and interpret (idiom); to interpret word-by-word without understanding the meaning
- a far-fetched interpretation
Dōngwénhuà- Dongba culture of the Nakhi ethnic group of Lijiang 麗江|丽江 in northwest Yunnan
Dōngfāngwénmíng- Eastern civilization
wénniǎo- (Chinese bird species) chestnut munia (Lonchura atricapilla)
xiēxíngwén- cuneiform (Babylonian script)
wénjiàn- secret document
jiàowénxué- comparative literature
shāwénzhǔ- chauvinism
qiǎncéngwén- shallow orthography (governed by simple rules)
wēnwéněr- cultured and refined (idiom); gentle and cultivated
zhìwénmíng- material culture
jiǎwén- oracle script
- oracle bone character (an early form of Chinese script)
báiyāowénniǎo- (Chinese bird species) white-rumped munia (Lonchura striata)
QínHuìwénWáng- King Huiwen of Qin 秦國|秦国, ruled 338-211 BC during the Warring States Period
jīngshénwénmíng- spiritual culture
chúnwén- text-only webpage
juéwénjiàn- top secret document
- classified papers
fánwénjié- convoluted and over-elaborate (document)
- unnecessarily elaborate writing
- mumbo-jumbo
Kǎowénchuíshì- Coventry (UK)
néngshīshànwén- highly literate
- lit. capable at poetry, proficient at prose
Liángzhǔwénhuà- Liangzhu (c. 3400-2250 BC), neolithic culture of Changjiang delta
táowén- Portuguese (language)
wén- empty formality
biǎowén- ideograph
- ideographical writing system
biǎomiànwénzhāng- superficial show
- going through the motions
西西bānwén- Spanish (language)
ShuōwénJiě- Shuowen Jiezi, the original Han dynasty Chinese character dictionary with 10,516 entries, authored by Xu Shen 許慎|许慎[Xu3 Shen4] in 2nd century
wéndòng- text priming
zhèngmíngwénjiàn- identification document
- documentary proof
shíwénduàn- literate
- a cultured person
zhěWénzhāi- Reader's Digest
xiàngxíngwén- pictogram
- hieroglyph
ZhàoHuìwénWáng- King Huiwen of Zhao 趙國|赵国, reigned 298-266 BC during the Warring States Period
shēnfēnwén- penniless (idiom)
麿麿JìnwèiWén- Prince KONOE Fumimaro (1891-), Japanese nobleman and militarist politician, prime minister 1937-1939 and 1940-1941
tōngguānwéndié- passport
ěrwéngǎng- Darwin, capital of the Northern Territory, Australia
zhòngwénqīng- to value letters and belittle arms (idiom); to stress civil matters and neglect the military
- to prefer the pen to the sword
Āwén- Arabic (language & writing)
diànwénjiàn- electronic document
Hánwén- hangeul 한글, Korean phonetic alphabet
- Korean letters
yīnpínwénjiàn- audio file (computer)
piánǒuwénfēng- early Tang literary style despised as shallow by the classicists
jiāwénhuà- Qijia neolithic culture, centered around the Gansu Corridor 河西走廊[He2 xi1 Zou3 lang2] c. 2000 BC
Lóngshānwénhuà- Longshan culture
- black pottery culture
shàngxiàwéncàidān- context menu (computing)
ZhōngYīngwénduìzhào- Chinese-English parallel texts
rénwénxué- human geography
GuójiāWén- PRC State Administration of Cultural Heritage (SACH)
Tiānwénxuéchéng- the Almagest by Ptolemy
JiàoWénzhī- UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
wénjiàn- file server
Wénhuàmìng- Cultural Revolution (1966-1976)
wénběnbiān- text editor
wén·Hǎidìng- Sven Hedin (1865-1952), famous Swedish adventurer and archaeologist, whose 1894-1900 Central Asian expeditions uncovered Kroraina or Loulan 樓蘭|楼兰[Lou2 lan2]
- also written 赫定
wén·dìng- Sven Hedin (1865-1952), famous Swedish adventurer and archaeologist, whose 1894-1900 Central Asian expeditions uncovered Kroraina or Loulan 樓蘭|楼兰
luòwén- Slovenia
XīnWénhuàYùndòng- the New Culture Movement (mid-1910s and 1920s), intellectual revolution against Confucianism aiming to introduce Western elements, especially democracy and science
西西dōngfāngwénhuà- Eastern and Western culture
HànwénLiúhéng- Liu Heng (202-157 BC), the fourth Han emperor Han Wendi, reigned 180-157 BC
MáoDùnWénxuéjiǎng- Mao Dun Literature Prize, PRC prize for novel writing, awarded since 1982
ShuōwénJiěZhù- Commentary on Shuowen Jiezi (1815) by Duan Yucai 段玉裁[Duan4 Yu4 cai2]
西西wén- see 達芬奇密碼|达芬奇密码[Da2 fen1 qi2 Mi4 ma3]
ěrwénxué- Darwinian
ěrwénxuéshuō- Darwinism
SuíWénYángjiān- first Sui emperor (541-604) Yang Jian (541-604), reigned 581-604
ShìjièWénhuàchǎn- (UNESCO) World Cultural Heritage
rénwénshèhuìxué- humanities and social sciences
西西Jié·Ōuwén- Jesse Owens (1913-1980), American athlete
ěrwénláiyīn- Calvin Klein CK (brand)
duōyuánwénhuàzhǔ- multiculturalism
WéndàngDuìxiàngxíng- Document Object Model (DOM)
Wénshūshī- Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of keen awareness
luòwén- Slovenian (language)
Zhōngwénhuì- Independent Chinese PEN center
jīnshānTiānwéntái- Purple Mountain Observatory
YīngguóWénhuàXiéhuì- British Council
NuòbèiěrWénxuéJiǎng- Nobel Prize in Literature
XiānggǎngZhōngwénxué- Chinese University of Hong Kong
XiānggǎngWénhuàZhōngxīn- Hong Kong Cultural Center
shìjièwénhuàchǎn- World Heritage site
Zhōngwénbiāozhǔnjiāohuàn- CSIC, Chinese standard interchange code used from 1992
Guójiāwénwěiyuánhuì- National Committee of Cultural Heritage
Guówénchuántōngxùnshè- Interfax News Agency
GuóWénchuánDiànxùnshè- Interfax, Russian non-governmental news agency
běnduōwénzhǒngpíngmiàn- basic multilingual plane (BMP)
Yóu·wén- Joris Ivens (1898-1989), Dutch documentary filmmaker and committed communist
Wénláilánguó- Brunei Darussalam
chāowénjiànchuánshūxiédìng- hypertext transfer protocol
- HTTP
chāowénběnchuánshūxiédìng- hypertext transfer protocol
- HTTP
chāowénběnchuánsòngxié- hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP)
chāowénběnbiāoyán- hypertext markup language
- HTML
FēizhìWénhuàchǎn- (UNESCO) Intangible Cultural Heritage
ZhōngMěiWénhuàYánjiūzhōngxīn- Hopkins-Nanjing Center
hǎiwénShíyànshì- Brookhaven National Laboratory
luòwénGòngguó- Republic of Slovenia
shèngdāowénqiáng- the pen is mightier than the sword (idiom)
ShèngWénsēnruìdīng- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (Tw)
ShèngWénsēnlíndīng- St Vincent and Grenadines, Caribbean island in Lesser Antilles
LiánguóJiàoWénzhī- UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
ZhōngHántǒngbiǎowén- China Japan Korea (CJK) unified ideographs
- Unihan
GuójiāWénJiàndìngWěiyuánhuì- National Commission for the Identification of Cultural Heritage
guójiābiāozhǔnZhōngwénjiāohuàn- CNS 11643, Chinese character coding adopted in Taiwan, 1986-1992
Āiwénpàn- Stratford-upon-Avon
WénshānZhuàngMiáozhìzhōu- Wenshan Zhuang and Miao autonomous prefecture in Yunnan 雲南|云南
zhìwénmíngjīngshénwénmíng- material and spiritual culture
- matter and mind
- material progress, ideology and culture (philosophic slogan, adopted into Deng Xiaoping theory from 1978)
广ShànghǎiWénguǎngXīnwénChuánméituán- Shanghai Media Group
ZhōngguóWénxuéshùjièLiánhuì- China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (CFLAC)
- abbr. to |
hǎiwénGuójiāShíyànshì- Brookhaven National Laboratory
Shèngwénsēnlíndīng- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Luó··wénsēn- Robert Louis Stevenson (novelist), author of Treasure Island 金銀島|金银岛[Jin1 yin2 Dao3]
jīngshèhuìwénhuàquánguógōngyuē- International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR)

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