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- language
- culture
- writing
- formal
- literary
- gentle
- (old) classifier for coins
- Kangxi radical 67
- (broadly) prose (as opposed to verse)
- (more narrowly) free-form literary prose, such as essays, sketches and reflections
Trad. 釋文
- interpreting words
- to explain the meaning of words in classic texts
- to decipher an old script
Trad. 文種
- Wen Zhong (-467 BC), adviser to the state of Yue during Spring and Autumn period
- article
- essay
- literary works
- writings
- hidden meaning
- CL:篇[pian1],段[duan4],頁|页[ye4]
Trad. 轉文
- to parade by interspersing one's speech or writing with literary allusions
- Taiwan pr. [zhuan3 wen2]
- (old, now used figuratively) official call to arms
- official denunciation
Trad. 文縣
- Wen County or Wenxian, a county in Longnan City 隴南市|陇南市[Long3 nan2 Shi4], Gansu
Trad. 文聯
- abbr. for 中國文學藝術界聯合會|中国文学艺术界联合会, China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (CFLAC)
Trad. 文職
- civilian post (as opposed to military)
- civil service
- administration
- the text of an annotated book
- an unannotated edition of a book
- intagliated characters (on a seal)
- old language
- the Classics
- Classical Chinese as a literary model, esp. in Tang and Song prose
- Classical Chinese as a school subject
Trad. 徵文
- to solicit articles, essays or pieces of literature (on a subject or in commemoration of an event)
Trad. 發文
- to issue a document
- document issued by an authority
- outgoing messages
- (Internet) to post an article online
Trad. 文號
- document identifier code (typically including an abbreviation for the name of the issuing organization, the date and a serial number)
Trad. 文讀
- literary (rather than colloquial) pronunciation of a Chinese character
- a branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑[Xian1 bei1] nomadic people
- two-character surname Yuwen
Trad. 變文
- 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)
- 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
- birth name of Lord Menchang of Qi, Chancellor of Qi and Wei during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
- young person who adopts an outwardly artistic or intellectual style (abbr. for 文藝青年|文艺青年[wen2 yi4 qing1 nian2])
- Cultural Revolution (1966-76) (abbr. for 文化大革命[Wen2 hua4 Da4 ge2 ming4])
Trad. 文飾
- to polish a text
- rhetoric
- ornate language
- to use florid language to conceal errors
- to gloss over
Trad. 文體
- genre of writing
- literary form
- style
- literary recreation and sporting activities
Trad. 繩文
- Jyōmon period of Japanese prehistory, with rope pattern pottery
Trad. 論文
- paper
- treatise
- thesis
- CL:篇[pian1]
- to discuss a paper or thesis (old)
Trad. 孫文
- the original name of 孫中山|孙中山[Sun1 Zhong1 shan1], 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[Guo2 min2 dang3]
- Jianwen Emperor, reign name of second Ming Emperor Zhu Yunwen 朱允炆[Zhu1 Yun3 wen2] (1377-1402), reigned 1398-1402
Trad. 關文
- official document sent to an agency (or an official) of equal rank (in imperial times)
Trad. 異文
- variant character
- loan word
- variant written form (for the same word)
- different edition
- stationery
- item of stationery (pen, pencil, eraser, pencil sharpener etc)
Trad. 文創
- (Tw) blending of cultural heritage elements with creative modern designs to produce innovative products and services (often used attributively, as in 文創商品|文创商品[wen2 chuang4 shang1 pin3]) (abbr. for 文化創意|文化创意[wen2 hua4 chuang4 yi4])
- character
- script
- writing
- written language
- writing style
- phraseology
- CL:個|个[ge4]
- (old) official communication (between government offices of equal rank)
- report delivered by the head of government on affairs of state
- official written ruling in response to a submission
- official approval in writing
- Wenzong Emperor, reign name of Yuan Dynasty emperor Tugh Temür (1304-1332), reigned 1328-1332
- (literary) writer whose works are venerated as exemplary; eminent writer
- see 文山壯族苗族自治州|文山壮族苗族自治州[Wen2 shan1 Zhuang4 zu2 Miao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1]
- see 文山區|文山区[Wen2 shan1 Qu1]
Trad. 文庫
- collection of documents
- library
- book series
- sequence of data, esp. genome
- 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]
Trad. 網文
- online literature, esp. web novels (abbr. for 網絡文學|网络文学[wang3 luo4 wen2 xue2])
Trad. 文愛
- (slang) to engage in mutual sexual arousal through written messages (e.g. text, chat); text-based cybersex
Trad. 漢文
- Chinese written language
- Chinese literature esp. as taught abroad
- tweet (on Twitter)
- (HK, Tw) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile
- to reply to original poster (or recommend a post) on PTT bulletin board
- a text (article, script, contract etc)
- version of a text (copy, translation, abridged version etc)
- (computing) text