中文

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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) 		中 文
anagram 文中
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Pronunciation

Note: zung1 man4 - attributive.

Noun

中文

  1. Chinese (language)
    我中文名唔好聽。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    我中文名唔好听。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    ngo5 zung1 man4-2 meng4-2 m4 hou2 teng1.
    My Chinese name sounds terrible.
    1. written Chinese
      以中文書寫的文章 [MSC, trad.]
      以中文书写的文章 [MSC, simp.]
      yǐ zhōngwén shūxiě de wénzhāng
      an article written in Chinese
      我中文唔識讀。 [Cantonese, trad.]
      我中文唔识读。 [Cantonese, simp.]
      ngo5 zung1 man4-2 m4 sik1 duk6.
      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
      你說中文嗎？／你说中文吗？  ―  Nǐ shuō zhōngwén ma?  ―  Do you speak Chinese?
  2. (Mainland China, Taiwan, proscribed) Mandarin
  3. (Hong Kong, Macau) Cantonese

Synonyms

  • (Chinese language):
  • (Mandarin):
Dialectal synonyms of 普通話 (“Modern Standard Chinese; Putonghua”)
Variety Location Words
Mandarin Taiwan 國語, 中文
Guilin 普通話
Malaysia 華語, 華文
Singapore 華語, 華文
Oudomxay 中國話
Olginsky (Mikhaylovka) 中國話
Cantonese Guangzhou 普通話, 普語
Hong Kong 國語, 普通話
Macau 普通話
Nanning 普通話
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 華語
Singapore (Guangfu) 華語
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 普通話, 國語 dated
Gan Nanchang 國語 dated
Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 華語
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 華語
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 華語
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 華語
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 華語
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 華語
Eastern Min Fuzhou 普通話, 國語 dated
Sitiawan (Gutian) 華文
Southern Min Xiamen 普通話, 國語 dated
Quanzhou 普通話
Jinjiang 國語
Zhangzhou 普通話
Tainan 華語, 國語 GT
Penang (Hokkien) 華語, 唐儂話
Singapore (Hokkien) 華語, 唐儂話
Manila (Hokkien) 國語, 國語話, 華語, 普通話
Longyan 普通話
Chaozhou 普通話
Shantou 普通話
Shantou (Chaoyang) 普通話
Singapore (Teochew) 華語, 唐儂話
Wu Shanghai 普通閒話
Suzhou 普通閒話
Ningbo 普通閒話
Note GT - General Taiwanese (not particular region identified)
  • (Cantonese):
Dialectal synonyms of 廣東話 (“(Standard) Cantonese”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 廣東話, 廣府話, 廣州話, 粵語
Mandarin Taiwan 廣東話, 粵語
Guilin 白話
Malaysia 廣東話
Singapore 廣東話
Cantonese Guangzhou 白話, 廣州話, 廣府話, 粵語, 省城話 dated
Hong Kong 廣東話, 粵語, 中文, 本地話, 廣府話 dated or technical
Macau 廣東話, 中文
Taishan 白話, 廣州話
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 廣府話, 廣東話
Singapore (Guangfu) 廣府話, 廣東話
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 廣東話, 中文, 唐話, 白話
Mandalay (Taishan) 省城話
Hakka Meixian 廣府話
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 廣州話, 白話, 省城話 dated
Hong Kong 本地話, 白話
Kuching (Hepo) 廣東話
Southern Min Xiamen 廣州話, 廣東話
Penang (Hokkien) 廣府話, 廣東話
Singapore (Hokkien) 廣府話
Manila (Hokkien) 廣東話, 鄉親話
Chaozhou 廣州話, 廣東話, 粵語
Shantou 廣府話, 廣州話, 白話
Jieyang 白話, 省城話
Haifeng 白話
Singapore (Teochew) 廣府話
Leizhou 客話
Wu Shanghai 廣東閒話
Suzhou 廣東閒話
Ningbo 廣東閒話

Antonyms

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

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (中文):

See also

Japanese

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

中(ちゅう)文(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 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
中文

Noun

中文 • (jungmun) (hangeul 중문)

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