wén
Pinyin

Definition

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wén
  1. language
  2. culture
  3. writing
  4. formal
  5. literary
  6. gentle
  7. (old) classifier for coins
  8. Kangxi radical 67
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Wén
  1. surname Wen

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

Zhōng wén
  1. 1 Chinese language
bó wén
  1. 1 blog article
  2. 2 to write a blog article (netspeak)
yuán wén
  1. 1 original text
Wén
  1. 1 surname Wen
wén huà
  1. 1 culture
  2. 2 civilization
  3. 3 cultural
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè],種|种[zhǒng]
wén zì
  1. 1 character
  2. 2 script
  3. 3 writing
  4. 4 written language
  5. 5 writing style
  6. 6 phraseology
  7. 7 CL:個|个[gè]
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]
wén yì
  1. 1 literature and art
Yīng wén
  1. 1 English (language)
yī wén bù zhí
  1. 1 worthless (idiom)
  2. 2 no use whatsoever
sān wén yú
  1. 1 salmon (loanword)
rén wén
  1. 1 humanities
  2. 2 human affairs
  3. 3 culture
zuò wén
  1. 1 to write an essay
  2. 2 composition (student essay)
  3. 3 CL:篇[piān]
quán wén
  1. 1 entire text
  2. 2 full text
tiān wén
  1. 1 astronomy
tiān wén guǎn
  1. 1 planetarium
sǎn wén
  1. 1 prose
  2. 2 essay
wén rén
  1. 1 scholar
  2. 2 literati
wén jiàn
  1. 1 document
  2. 2 file
  3. 3 CL:份[fèn]
wén jù
  1. 1 stationery
  2. 2 item of stationery (pen, pencil, eraser, pencil sharpener etc)

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)
咬文嚼字
yǎo wén jiáo zì
  1. 1 to bite words and chew characters (idiom); punctilious about minutiae of wording
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
望文生义
wàng wén shēng yì
  1. 1 lit. view a text and interpret (idiom); to interpret word by word without understanding the meaning
  2. 2 a far-fetched interpretation
温文尔雅
wēn wén ěr yǎ
  1. 1 cultured and refined (idiom); gentle and cultivated
笔胜于刀文比武强
bǐ shèng yú dāo wén bǐ wǔ qiáng
  1. 1 the pen is mightier than the sword (idiom)

Sample Sentences

他的中文马马虎虎。
tā de Zhōngwén mǎmahūhū 。
His Chinese is just ok.
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为了防止疫情反弹,武汉建立了疫情防控长效机制。“解封”首日,在黄鹤楼脚下的西城壕社区,不停忙碌的社区书记翁文静说:“我们是‘无疫情社区’,但依然主张非必要不出门。”
wèile fángzhǐ yìqíng fǎntán ,Wǔhàn jiànlì le yìqíng fángkòng chángxiào jīzhì 。“jiěfēng ”shǒu rì ,zài Huánghèlóu jiǎoxià de xīchéngháo shèqū ,bùtíng mánglù de shèqū shūji wēngwénjìng shuō :“wǒmen shì ‘wú yìqíng shèqū ’,dàn yīrán zhǔzhāng fēi bìyào bù chūmén 。”
In order to prevent the pandemic from rebounding, Wuhan has set up a long-term mechanism for preventing and controlling the pandemic. The first day of "unlockdown", in the Xichenghao Community under Huanghelou, the community secretary Wong Wen Jing who has been working non-stop said, "We are the 'zero virus community', but still please do not go out if not necessary. "
他负责在微博上发布文章。
tā fùzé zài wēibó shàng fābù wénzhāng 。
He is responsible for publishing articles on Weibo.
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我敬中文播客的全体同仁。
wǒ jìng Zhōngwénbōkè de quántǐ tóngrén 。
Cheers to fellow ChinesePod team.
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为中文干杯!
wèi Zhōngwén gānbēi !
Cheers to Chinese!
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法文
fǎ wén
French
英文
Yīng wén
English
中文中的“望梅止渴”和“一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井绳”也是相同的概念。
Zhōngwén zhōng de “wàngméizhǐkě ”hé “yīzhāobèishéyǎo,shíniánpàjǐngshéng ”yě shì xiāngtóng de gàiniàn 。
In Chinese, "To quench one's thirst by thinking of plums" and "Once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope." have the same concept as well.
在中国文化里强调的是“要和大家都一样”,不要太特别。
zài Zhōngguó wénhuà lǐ qiángdiào de shì “yào hé dàjiā dōu yīyàng ”,bùyào tài tèbié 。
In Chinese culture, we believe everyone should be the same. Do not stand out too much.
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中文播客,您好。
Zhōngwén bōkè ,nínhǎo 。
Hello, this is ChinesePod.
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