中文

See also: 𪯡

Chinese

 
middle; centre; within
middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)
 
language; culture; writing
language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
simp. and trad.
(中文)
anagram 文中

Pronunciation


Note: zung1 man4 - attributive.

Noun

中文

  1. Chinese (language)
    中文好聽 [Cantonese, trad.]
    中文好听 [Cantonese, simp.]
    ngo5 zung1 man4-2 meng4-2 m4 hou2 teng1. [Jyutping]
    My Chinese name sounds terrible.
    1. written Chinese
      中文書寫文章 [MSC, trad.]
      中文书写文章 [MSC, simp.]
      zhōngwén shūxiě de wénzhāng [Pinyin]
      an article written in Chinese
      中文唔識 [Cantonese, trad.]
      中文唔识 [Cantonese, simp.]
      ngo5 zung1 man4-2 m4 sik1 duk6. [Jyutping]
      I can't read Chinese.
    2. spoken Chinese, including all dialects and varieties
      中文授課中文授课   zhōngwén shòukè   to teach in Chinese
      中文中文   Nǐ shuō zhōngwén ma?   Do you speak Chinese?
  2. (Mainland China, Taiwan, proscribed) Mandarin
  3. (Hong Kong, Macau) Cantonese

Synonyms

  • (Chinese language):
  • (Mandarin):
  • (Cantonese):

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of Chinese language): 外文 (wàiwén)

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (中文):
  • Japanese: 中文(ちゅうぶん) (chūbun)
  • Korean: 중문(中文) (jungmun)
  • Vietnamese: Trung văn (中文)

See also

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ちゅう
Grade: 1
ぶん
Grade: 1
on’yomi kan’on

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 中文 (MC trjuwng|trjuwngH mjun).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ちゅうぶん [chùúbúń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕɨᵝːbɯ̟̃ᵝɴ]

Noun

(ちゅう)(ぶん) • (chūbun) 

  1. a text written in Chinese
  2. abbreviation of 中国文学 (chūgoku bungaku, Chinese literature)

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

中文 • (jungmun) (hangeul 중문)

  1. Hanja form? of 중문 (written work in Modern Standard Chinese).
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