| 中文 | Zhōng wén | Chinese language |
| 语文 | yǔ wén | literature and language / (PRC) Chinese (as a school subject) |
| 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 |
| 甲骨文 | jiǎ gǔ wén | oracle script / oracle bone inscriptions (an early form of Chinese script) |
| 汉文 | Hàn wén | Chinese written language / Chinese literature esp. as taught abroad |
| 华文 | Huá wén | Chinese language / Chinese script |
| 六书 | liù shū | Six Methods of forming Chinese characters, according to Han dictionary Shuowen 說文|说文 - namely, two primary methods: 象形 (pictogram), 指事 (ideogram), two compound methods: 會意|会意 (combined ideogram), 形聲|形声 (ideogram plus phonetic), and two transfer methods: 假借 (loan), 轉注|转注 (transfer) |
| 石鼓文 | shí gǔ wén | early form of Chinese characters inscribed in stone, a precursor of the small seal 小篆[xiao3 zhuan4] |
| 钟鼎文 | zhōng dǐng wén | bell-cauldron script / the 籀文 form of Chinese character used in metal inscriptions |
| 简中 | jiǎn zhōng | Simplified Chinese (abbr. for 簡體中文|简体中文[jian3ti3 Zhong1wen2]) |
| 姜文 | Jiāng Wén | Jiang Wen (1963-), sixth generation Chinese movie director |
| 重文 | chóng wén | repetitious passage / multiple variants of Chinese characters |
| 孙文 | Sūn Wén | the original name of 孫中山|孙中山[Sun1 Zhong1 shan1], Dr Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925), first president of the Republic of China and co-founder of the Guomintang 國民黨|国民党[Guo2 min2 dang3] |
| 初文 | chū wén | archaic (and simpler) form of a Chinese character |
| 陆克文 | Lù Kè wén | Chinese name adopted by Kevin Rudd (1957-), Australian politician proficient in Mandarin, prime minister 2007-2010 and 2013 |
| 胡适 | Hú Shì | Hu Shi (1891-1962), original proponent of writing in colloquial Chinese 白話文|白话文[bai2 hua4 wen2] |
| 文言文 | wén yán wén | Classical Chinese writing |
| 蔡英文 | Cài Yīng wén | Tsai Ing-wen (1956-), Taiwanese DPP politician, president of the Republic of China from 2016 |