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More information middle; centre; withinmiddle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark), language; culture; writinglanguage; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle ...
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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
      美國唔識中文 [Cantonese, trad.]
      美国唔识中文 [Cantonese, simp.]
      keoi5 hai2 mei5 gwok3 daai6, m4 sik1 tai2 zung1 man4-2. [Jyutping]
      He grew up in the United States and 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)

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