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中文 Zhōng wén Chinese language
戏文 xì wén traditional Chinese opera / lyrics and spoken lines in Chinese opera
古文 gǔ wén old language / the Classics / Classical Chinese as a literary model, esp. in Tang and Song prose / Classical Chinese as a school subject
姜文 Jiāng Wén Jiang Wen (1963-), sixth generation Chinese movie director
语文 yǔ wén literature and language / (PRC) Chinese (as a school subject)
蔡英文 Cài Yīng wén Tsai Ing-wen (1956–), Taiwanese DPP politician, president of the Republic of China 2016–2024
胡适 Hú Shì Hu Shi (1891-1962), original proponent of writing in colloquial Chinese 白话文
华文 Huá wén Chinese language / Chinese script
六书 liù shū Six Methods of forming Chinese characters, according to Han dictionary Shuowen 说文 - namely, two primary methods: 象形 (pictogram), 指事 (ideogram), two compound methods: 会意 (combined ideogram), 形声 (ideogram plus phonetic), and two transfer methods: 假借 (loan), 转注 (transfer)
甲骨文 jiǎ gǔ wén oracle script / oracle bone inscriptions (an early form of Chinese script)
汉文 Hàn wén Chinese written language / Chinese literature esp. as taught abroad
孙文 Sūn Wén the original name of 孙中山, Dr Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925), first president of the Republic of China and co-founder of the Guomintang 国民党
文言文 wén yán wén Classical Chinese writing
简中 jiǎn zhōng Simplified Chinese (abbr. for 简体中文)
陆克文 Lù Kè wén Chinese name adopted by Kevin Rudd (1957–), Australian politician proficient in Mandarin, prime minister 2007–2010 and 2013
初文 chū wén archaic (and simpler) form of a Chinese character
钟鼎文 zhōng dǐng wén bell-cauldron script / the 籀文 form of Chinese character used in metal inscriptions
重文 chóng wén repetitious passage / multiple variants of Chinese characters
石鼓文 shí gǔ wén early form of Chinese characters inscribed in stone, a precursor of the small seal 小篆

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