开 | kāi | to open (transitive or intransitive) / (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start / to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / (directional complement) away; off / 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 |
论文 | lùn wén | paper / treatise / thesis / CL:篇[pian1] / to discuss a paper or thesis (old) |
天文 | tiān wén | astronomy |
散文 | sǎn wén | prose / essay |
语文 | yǔ wén | literature and language / (PRC) Chinese (as a school subject) |
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) |
人文 | rén wén | humanities / human affairs / culture |
英文 | Yīng wén | English (language) |
公文 | gōng wén | document |
转 | zhuǎi | see 轉文|转文[zhuai3 wen2] |
全文 | quán wén | entire text / full text |
征文 | zhēng wén | to solicit articles, essays or pieces of literature (on a subject or in commemoration of an event) |
外文 | wài wén | foreign language (written) |
斯文 | sī wén | refined / educate / cultured / intellectual / polite / gentle |
作文 | zuò wén | to write an essay / composition (student essay) / CL:篇[pian1] |
上下文 | shàng xià wén | (textual) context |
原文 | yuán wén | original text |
上文 | shàng wén | preceding part of the text |
PO文 | pō wén | (coll.) to post a message |
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 |
盲文 | máng wén | braille / literature in braille |
华文 | Huá wén | Chinese language / Chinese script |
行文 | xíng wén | writing style (formal) / to send an official written communication |
日文 | Rì wén | Japanese (language) |