| 中文 | Zhōng wén | Chinese language |
| 上下 | shàng xià | the top and bottom of sth / the full vertical extent of sth; from top to bottom / to go up and down / before and after (as in 上下文[shang4 xia4 wen2] "context") / (used after a quantity) approximately; ... or so / (in a social hierarchy) the high and the low; seniors and juniors (as in 上下和睦[shang4 xia4 - he2 mu4] "harmony between superiors and subordinates") / all members of a group (as in 舉國上下|举国上下[ju3 guo2 - shang4 xia4] "the entire nation") / relative superiority (as in 不相上下[bu4 xiang1 - shang4 xia4] "evenly matched") |
| 英文 | Yīng wén | English (language) |
| 课文 | kè wén | text / CL:篇[pian1] |
| 作文 | zuò wén | to write an essay / composition (student essay) / CL:篇[pian1] |
| 天文 | tiān wén | astronomy |
| 外文 | wài wén | foreign language (written) |
| 散文 | sǎn wén | (broadly) prose (as opposed to verse) / (more narrowly) free-form literary prose, such as essays, sketches and reflections |
| 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 |
| 文 | wén | language / culture / writing / formal / literary / gentle / (old) classifier for coins / Kangxi radical 67 |
| 一纸空文 | yī zhǐ kōng wén | a worthless piece of paper (idiom) |
| 论文 | lùn wén | paper / treatise / thesis / CL:篇[pian1] / to discuss a paper or thesis (old) |
| 上下文 | shàng xià wén | (textual) context |
| 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 |
| 人文 | rén wén | humanities / human affairs / culture |
| 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 |
| 咨请 | zī qǐng | to formally request (by means of an official communication 咨文[zi1 wen2]) |
| 网文 | wǎng wén | online literature, esp. web novels (abbr. for 網絡文學|网络文学[wang3 luo4 wen2 xue2]) |
| 马来文 | Mǎ lái wén | Malay language |
| 全文 | quán wén | entire text / full text |
| 文 | Wén | surname Wen |
| 千字文 | Qiān zì wén | Thousand Character Classic, 6th century poem used as a traditional reading primer |
| 引文 | yǐn wén | quotation / citation |
| 前后文 | qián hòu wén | context / the surrounding words / same as 上下文 |
| 应用文 | yìng yòng wén | applied writing / writing for practical purposes (business letters, advertising etc) |