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中文
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Zhōng wén |
Chinese language |
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语文
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yǔ wén |
literature and language / (PRC) Chinese (as a school subject) |
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古文
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gǔ wén |
old language / the Classics / Classical Chinese as a literary model, esp. in Tang and Song prose / Classical Chinese as a school subject |
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甲骨文
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jiǎ gǔ wén |
oracle script / oracle bone inscriptions (an early form of Chinese script) |
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汉文
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Hàn wén |
Chinese written language / Chinese literature esp. as taught abroad |
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华文
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Huá wén |
Chinese language / Chinese script |
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六书
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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) |
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石鼓文
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shí gǔ wén |
early form of Chinese characters inscribed in stone, a precursor of the small seal 小篆 |
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钟鼎文
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zhōng dǐng wén |
bell-cauldron script / the 籀文 form of Chinese character used in metal inscriptions |
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简中
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jiǎn zhōng |
Simplified Chinese (abbr. for 简体中文) |
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姜文
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Jiāng Wén |
Jiang Wen (1963-), sixth generation Chinese movie director |
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重文
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chóng wén |
repetitious passage / multiple variants of Chinese characters |
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孙文
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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 |
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初文
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chū wén |
archaic (and simpler) form of a Chinese character |
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陆克文
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Lù Kè wén |
Chinese name adopted by Kevin Rudd (1957-), Australian politician proficient in Mandarin, prime minister 2007-2010 and 2013 |
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胡适
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Hú Shì |
Hu Shi (1891-1962), original proponent of writing in colloquial Chinese 白话文 |
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文言文
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wén yán wén |
Classical Chinese writing |
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蔡英文
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Cài Yīng wén |
Tsai Ing-wen (1956-), Taiwanese DPP politician, president of the Republic of China from 2016 |