英文

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Chinese

flower; hero; brave
flower; hero; brave; outstanding; Britain (abbrev.); English
 
language; culture; writing
language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
 
trad. (英文) 英 文
simp. #(英文) 英 文

Pronunciation

Note: jing1 man4 - usually attributive.

Noun

英文

  1. English language (especially written)
    你會寫英文字嗎？ [MSC, trad.]
    你会写英文字吗？ [MSC, simp.]
    Nǐ huì xiě Yīngwén zì ma?
    Can you write English words?
    陣間要講英文喎。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    阵间要讲英文㖞。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    zan6 gaan1 jiu3 gong2 jing1 man4-2 wo3.
    You need to speak English later.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 英語 (“the English language”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 英語, 英文
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 英語, 英文
Taiwan 英語, 英文
Malaysia 英語, 英文
Singapore 英語, 英文
Lanyin Mandarin Ürümqi 英文
Cantonese Guangzhou 英文
Hong Kong 英文, 雞腸
Taishan 英文
Kaiping (Chikan) 英文
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 英文
Singapore (Guangfu) 英文
Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 英語, 英文
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 英語
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 英語, 英文
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 英語, 英文
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 英語
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 英語
Eastern Min Sitiawan (Gutian) 英文
Southern Min Xiamen 英文, 英語
Quanzhou 英語
Zhangzhou 英語
Tainan 英語, 英文
Penang (Hokkien) 紅毛話, 紅毛
Singapore (Hokkien) 紅毛話
Manila (Hokkien) 英文, 英文話
Bangkok (Teochew) 紅毛話
Singapore (Teochew) 紅毛話, 英文
Singapore (Hainanese) 紅毛話
Wu Shanghai 英文

Derived terms

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
英 文
えい
Grade: 4 		ぶん
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

英(えい)文(ぶん) • (eibun) 

  1. a sentence in English
  2. text in English
    英文(えいぶん)タイプライター
    eibun taipuraitā
    English typewriter
  3. Short for 英文学.

Proper noun

英文(ひでふみ) • (Hidefumi) 

  1. a male given name

Korean

Hanja in this term
英文

Noun

英文 • (yeongmun) (hangeul 영문)

  1. hanja form? of 영문 (“text in English”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
英文

Noun

英文

  1. chữ Hán form of Anh văn (“English”).
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