英文
Yīng wén
Pinyin

Definition

英文
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Yīng wén
  1. English (language)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

博文
bó wén
  1. 1 blog article
  2. 2 to write a blog article (netspeak)
原文
yuán wén
  1. 1 original text
文
Wén
  1. 1 surname Wen
文化
wén huà
  1. 1 culture
  2. 2 civilization
  3. 3 cultural
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè],種|种[zhǒng]
文章
wén zhāng
  1. 1 article
  2. 2 essay
  3. 3 literary works
  4. 4 writings
  5. 5 hidden meaning
  6. 6 CL:篇[piān],段[duàn],頁|页[yè]
文艺
wén yì
  1. 1 literature and art
英国
Yīng guó
  1. 1 United Kingdom 聯合王國|联合王国[Lián hé wáng guó]
  2. 2 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
  3. 3 abbr. for England 英格蘭|英格兰[Yīng gé lán]
英文
Yīng wén
  1. 1 English (language)
英语
Yīng yǔ
  1. 1 English (language)
英雄
yīng xióng
  1. 1 hero
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
一文不值
yī wén bù zhí
  1. 1 worthless (idiom)
  2. 2 no use whatsoever
三文鱼
sān wén yú
  1. 1 salmon (loanword)
中文
Zhōng wén
  1. 1 Chinese language
人文
rén wén
  1. 1 humanities
  2. 2 human affairs
  3. 3 culture
作文
zuò wén
  1. 1 to write an essay
  2. 2 composition (student essay)
  3. 3 CL:篇[piān]
天文
tiān wén
  1. 1 astronomy
天文馆
tiān wén guǎn
  1. 1 planetarium
宋祖英
Sòng Zǔ yīng
  1. 1 Song Zuying (1966-), Chinese folk music singer
散文
sǎn wén
  1. 1 prose
  2. 2 essay
文人
wén rén
  1. 1 scholar
  2. 2 literati

Idioms (20)

一文不值
yī wén bù zhí
  1. 1 worthless (idiom)
  2. 2 no use whatsoever
一纸空文
yī zhǐ kōng wén
  1. 1 a worthless piece of paper (idiom)
不值一文
bù zhí yī wén
  1. 1 worthless (idiom)
  2. 2 no use whatsoever
博文约礼
bó wén yuē lǐ
  1. 1 vigorously pursuing knowledge, while scrupulously abiding by the rules of decorum (idiom)
含英咀华
hán yīng jǔ huá
  1. 1 to savor fine writing (idiom)
咬文嚼字
yǎo wén jiáo zì
  1. 1 to bite words and chew characters (idiom); punctilious about minutiae of wording
天妒英才
tiān dù yīng cái
  1. 1 heaven is jealous of heroic genius (idiom); the great have great hardship to contend with
  2. 2 those whom the Gods love die young
奇文共赏
qí wén gòng shǎng
  1. 1 lit. remarkable work appreciated by all (idiom); universally praised (original meaning)
  2. 2 incomprehensible nonsense
  3. 3 preposterous bullshit
才兼文武
cái jiān wén wǔ
  1. 1 talent in both military and civil field (idiom)
文不加点
wén bù jiā diǎn
  1. 1 to write a flawless essay in one go (idiom)
  2. 2 to be quick-witted and skilled at writing compositions
文人相轻
wén rén xiāng qīng
  1. 1 scholars tend to disparage one another (idiom)
文如其人
wén rú qí rén
  1. 1 the writing style mirrors the writer (idiom)
文山会海
wén shān huì hǎi
  1. 1 a mountain of paperwork and a sea of meetings (idiom)
文房四宝
wén fáng sì bǎo
  1. 1 Four Treasures of the Study, namely 筆|笔[bǐ], 墨[mò], 紙|纸[zhǐ] and 硯|砚[yàn]
  2. 2 the essentials of calligraphy and scholarship (idiom)
文武合一
wén wǔ hé yī
  1. 1 civilians and the military (working) hand in hand (idiom)
文武双全
wén wǔ shuāng quán
  1. 1 well versed in letters and military technology (idiom); fine scholar and soldier
  2. 2 master of pen and sword
文江学海
wén jiāng xué hǎi
  1. 1 river of literacy, sea of learning (idiom); ars longa, vita brevis
文治武功
wén zhì wǔ gōng
  1. 1 political and military achievements (idiom)
文过饰非
wén guò shì fēi
  1. 1 to cover up one's faults (idiom)
  2. 2 to whitewash
时势造英雄
shí shì zào yīng xióng
  1. 1 Time makes the man (idiom). The trend of events brings forth the hero.

Sample Sentences

什么什么SDR？山东人吗？麻烦帮忙把英文解释一下嘛，不是早告诉过你我的英文是体育老师教的。
shénme shénme SDR ？shāndōng rén ma ？máfan bāngmáng bǎ Yīngwén jiěshì yīxià ma ，bùshì zǎo gàosu guò nǐ wǒ de Yīngwén shì tǐyù lǎoshī jiāo de 。
What does SDR stand for? Is it an abbreviation of the Chinese for Shandong people? Can you explain what the English means? I told you before that I was taught English by a physical education teacher.
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什么跟什么呀，你这英文是体育老师教的吧，快快，开始啦开始啦。哇，已经涮了一锅火锅了啊，瞧瞧我妹，真能吃，看得我都馋。
shénme gēn shénme ya ，nǐ zhè Yīngwén shì tǐyù lǎoshī jiāo de ba ，kuàikuài ，kāishǐ la kāishǐ la 。wā ，yǐjīng shuàn le yī guō huǒguō le ā ，qiáo qiao wǒ mèi ，zhēn néng chī ，kàn de wǒ dōu chán 。
What in the where now? Did you learn your English from your gym teacher, quick, let's start, let's start. Wow, she's already cooked the whole pot. Look at my cousin, she can really eat. I'm hungry just watching.
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这倒也是。哟哟哟，你妹说话了说话了，什么什么？怎么还蹦出英文来啦，“you share rose get fun”这是什么鬼？
zhè dào yě shì 。yō yō yō ，nǐ mèi shuōhuà le shuōhuà le ，shénme shénme ？zěnme hái bèng chū Yīngwén lái la ，“you share rose get fun ”zhè shì shénmeguǐ ？
That is true. Oh, oh, oh, your cousin is speaking, what, what? Where did she whip out the English from? "You share rose get fun", what the hell does that mean?
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你省省吧！你就会说中文和英文，充其量就是个双语者，算哪门子语言学家？
nǐ shěngshengba ！nǐ jiù huì shuō Zhōngwén hé Yīngwén ，chōngqíliáng jiùshì gè shuāngyǔ zhě ，suàn nǎménzi yǔyánxuéjiā ？
Don't waste your breath! You only know Chinese and English, at most you're bilingual, what kind of linguist do you think that makes you?
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我说英文说得很好。
wǒ shuō Yīngwén shuō de hěn hǎo 。
I speak English very well.
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他写英文字写得很不好看。
tā xiě Yīngwén zì xiě de hěn bù hǎokàn 。
But his English writing is very poor.
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我的英文说得怎么样？
wǒ de Yīngwén shuō de zěnmeyàng ？
How is my English?
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英文
Yīngwén
English
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我们可以说英文吗？
wǒmen kěyǐ shuō Yīngwén ma ？
Can we speak English?
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请问你会说英文吗？
qǐngwèn nǐ huì shuō Yīngwén ma ？
May I ask if you speak English?
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