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English to Chinese Dictionary
| 开 | kāi | to open / to start / to turn on / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / to operate (a vehicle) / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 er3 wen2] / abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1 ben3], book format |
| 中文 | Zhōng wén | Chinese language |
| 文 | Wén | surname Wen |
| 文 | wén | language / culture / writing / formal / literary / gentle / (old) classifier for coins / Kangxi radical 67 |
| 转 | zhuǎi | see 轉文|转文[zhuai3 wen2] |
| 全文 | quán wén | entire text / full text |
| 原文 | yuán wén | original text |
| 论文 | lùn wén | paper / treatise / thesis / CL:篇[pian1] / to discuss a paper or thesis (old) |
| 英文 | Yīng wén | English (language) |
| 人文 | rén wén | humanities / human affairs / culture |
| 博文 | bó wén | blog article / to write a blog article (netspeak) |
| 作文 | zuò wén | to write an essay / composition (student essay) / CL:篇[pian1] |
| 语文 | yǔ wén | literature and language |
| 日文 | Rì wén | Japanese (language) |
| 发文 | fā wén | to issue a document / document issued by an authority / outgoing messages / (Internet) to post an article online |
| 正文 | zhèng wén | main text (as opposed to footnotes) / main body (of a book) |
| 本文 | běn wén | this text / article / the main body of a book |
| 散文 | sǎn wén | prose / essay |
| 外文 | wài wén | foreign language (written) |
| 公文 | gōng wén | document |
| 课文 | kè wén | text / CL:篇[pian1] |
| 复古 | fù gǔ | to return to old ways (a Confucian aspiration) / to turn back the clock / neoclassical school during Tang and Song associated with classical writing 古文 / retro (fashion style based on nostalgia, esp. for 1960s) |
| 天文 | tiān wén | astronomy |
| 诗文 | shī wén | poetry and literature |
| 译文 | yì wén | translated text |
| 学位论文 | xué wèi lùn wén | a dissertation / a PhD thesis |
| 韩文 | Hán wén | hangul, Korean phonetic alphabet / Korean written language |
| 梵 | Fàn | abbr. for 梵教[Fan4 jiao4] Brahmanism / abbr. for Sanskrit 梵語|梵语[Fan4 yu3] or 梵文[Fan4 wen2] / abbr. for 梵蒂岡|梵蒂冈[Fan4 di4 gang1], the Vatican |
| 凯文 | Kǎi wén | Kevin (person name) |
| 文言文 | wén yán wén | Classical Chinese writing |
| 甲骨文 | jiǎ gǔ wén | oracle script / oracle bone inscriptions (an early form of Chinese script) |
| 水文 | shuǐ wén | hydrology |
| 华文 | Huá wén | Chinese language / Chinese script |
| 软文 | ruǎn wén | advertorial |
| 德文 | Dé wén | German (language) |
| 引文 | yǐn wén | quotation / citation |
| 记叙文 | jì xù wén | narrative writing / written narration |
| 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 |
| 上下文 | shàng xià wén | (textual) context |
| 应用文 | yìng yòng wén | applied writing / writing for practical purposes (business letters, advertising etc) |
| 批文 | pī wén | official written ruling in response to a submission / official approval in writing |
| 蒙文 | Měng wén | Mongolian language |
| 法文 | Fǎ wén | French language |
| 铭文 | míng wén | inscription |
| 杂文 | zá wén | essay |
| 推文 | tuī wén | tweet (on Twitter) / (HK, Tw) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile / to reply to original poster (or recommend a post) on PTT bulletin board |
| 达尔文 | Dá ěr wén | Charles Darwin (1809-1882), British biologist and author of "On the Origin of Species" 物種起源|物种起源[Wu3 zhong3 Qi3 yuan2] / Darwin, capital of the Northern Territory (Australia) 北領地|北领地[Bei3 Ling3 di4] |
| 条文 | tiáo wén | clause / explanatory section in a document |
| 成文 | chéng wén | written / statutory |
| 蔡英文 | Cài Yīng wén | Tsai Ing-wen (1956-), Taiwanese DPP politician, president of the Republic of China from 2016 |
| 奎文 | Kuí wén | Kuiwen district of Weifang city 濰坊市|潍坊市[Wei2 fang1 shi4], Shandong |
| 宇文 | Yǔ wén | a branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑[Xian1 bei1] nomadic people / two-character surname Yuwen |
| 欧文 | Ōu wén | Owen (name) / Erwin (name) / Irvine, California |
| 史蒂文 | Shǐ dì wén | Steven, Stephen (name) |
| 撰文 | zhuàn wén | article (in publication) |
| 修文 | Xiū Wén | Xiuwen county in Guiyang 貴陽|贵阳[Gui4 yang2], Guizhou |
| 说文 | Shuō wén | see 說文解字|说文解字[Shuo1 wen2 Jie3 zi4] |
| 上文 | shàng wén | preceding part of the text |
| 龙文 | Lóng wén | Longwen district of Zhangzhou city 漳州市[Zhang1 zhou1 shi4], Fujian |
| 西班牙文 | Xī bān yá wén | Spanish (language) |
| 朗文 | Lǎng wén | Longman (name) |
| 俄文 | É wén | Russian language |
| 经文 | jīng wén | scripture / scriptures / CL:本[ben3] |
| 建文 | Jiàn Wén | Jianwen Emperor, reign name of second Ming Emperor Zhu Yunwen 朱允炆[Zhu1 Yun3 wen2] (1377-1402), reigned 1398-1402 |
| 沈从文 | Shěn Cóng wén | Shen Congwen (1902-1988), novelist |
| 汉文 | Hàn wén | Chinese written language / Chinese literature esp. as taught abroad |
| 罗文 | Luó wén | Roman Tam (1949-), Canto-pop singer |
| 明文 | míng wén | to state in writing (laws, rules etc) |
| 斯蒂文 | Sī dì wén | Steven (name) / Simon Stevin (1548-1620), Flemish engineer and mathematician, played a key role in introducing the decimal system to Europe |
| 兴文 | Xīng wén | Xingwen county in Yibin 宜賓|宜宾[Yi2 bin1], Sichuan |
| 胡适 | Hú Shì | Hu Shi (1891-1962), original proponent of writing in colloquial Chinese 白話文|白话文[bai2 hua4 wen2] |
| 西文 | Xī wén | Spanish / Western language / foreign languages (in Qing times) |
| 藏文 | Zàng wén | Tibetan script / Tibetan written language / Tibetan language |
| 拉丁文 | Lā dīng wén | Latin (language) |
| 行文 | xíng wén | writing style (formal) / to send an official written communication |
| 姜文 | Jiāng Wén | Jiang Wen (1963-), sixth generation Chinese movie director |
| 斯文 | sī wén | refined / educate / cultured / intellectual / polite / gentle |
| 埃文 | Āi wén | Evan / Avon / Ivan |
| 金文 | jīn wén | inscription in bronze / bell-cauldron inscription |
| 梵文 | Fàn wén | Sanskrit |
| 希腊文 | Xī là wén | Greek literature |
| 关文 | guān wén | passport / travel papers |
| 白话文 | bái huà wén | writings in the vernacular |
| 阿拉伯文 | Ā lā bó wén | Arabic (language & writing) |
| 泰文 | Tài wén | Thai (language) |
| 回文 | huí wén | palindrome |
| 葡萄牙文 | Pú táo yá wén | Portuguese (language) |
| 火星文 | Huǒ xīng wén | lit. Martian language / fig. Internet slang used to communicate secret messages that the general public or government can't understand |
| 身无分文 | shēn wú fēn wén | penniless (idiom) |
| 属文 | zhǔ wén | to write prose |
| 碑文 | bēi wén | inscription on a tablet |
| 韵文 | yùn wén | verse |
| 四人帮 | sì rén bāng | Gang of Four: Jiang Qing 江青, Zhang Chunqiao 張春橋, Yao Wenyuan 姚文元, Wang Hongwen 王洪文, who served as scapegoats for the excesses of the cultural revolution |
| 列治文 | Liè zhì wén | Richmond (place name or surname) |
| 满文 | Mǎn wén | Manchurian written language |
| 繁文 | fán wén | convoluted / elaborate formalities |
| 密文 | mì wén | coded text / cypher |
| 炳文 | bǐng wén | luminous style |
| 奇文 | qí wén | remarkable work / peculiar writing |
| 越南文 | Yuè nán wén | Vietnamese written language / Vietnamese literature |
Check also the Chinese Dictionary with handwriting instructions and example sentences.
