wn language / culture / writing / formal / literary /

gentle / (old) classifier for coins / Kangxi radical 118

Results beginning with
wn zhngarticle / essay / literary works / writings /
hidden meaning / CL: / [pian1], / [duan4], / | / [ye4]
wn jin

document / file / CL: / [fen4]

wn hu

culture / civilization / cultural / CL: / | /

[ge4], / | / [zhong3]
wn z

character / script / writing / written language /

writing style / phraseology / CL: / | / [ge4]

wn xu

literature / CL: / | / [zhong3]

wn bn

version / text

wn mng civilized / civilization / culture / CL: / | /

[ge4]
wn dng (computer) file
wn xin document
wn w
/ | / [ge4]

cultural relic / historical relic / CL: / [jian4],

 wn y

literature and art

wn j

collected works

wn sh

document / official correspondence / secretary

/ secretariat
wn png diploma
wn zhngBunchu
wn k

liberal arts / humanities

wn zhi digest (of literature) / to make a digest (of

data) / summary
wn rn

scholar / literati

wn m

secretary

wn t

genre of writing / literary form / style / literary

recreation and sporting activities

Wn g

Cultural Revolution (1966-76) / abbr. for /

/ / / / [Wen2 hua4 Da4 ge2 ming4]

wn j

stationery / item of stationery (pen, pencil,

eraser, pencil sharpener etc)

wn b

writings / writing style

wn jio

culture and education

wn yun office worker / clerk

 wn k

collection of documents / library / book series /

sequence of data, esp. genome

wn w

civil and military

wn jng

quiet / silent

wn go

manuscript / article (in newspaper) / draft

wn tn

literary circles

wn sh

literature and history

wn ci

literary talent / literary grace / rich and bright

colors
wn l

arts and sciences

wn mng illiterate
wn y

elegant / refined

Wn lin abbr. for / / / / / / / / /

/ | / / / / / / / / / / , China Federation of
Literary and Art Circles (CFLAC)
wn y

cultural recreation / entertainment

wn xing bra
wn yun the literary world
wn f

grammar

wn xun compilation / selected works

 wn sh

literati / scholar

wn zh

civilian post (as opposed to military) / civil

service / administration
Wn sh Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of keen awareness
wn fng writing style
wn yn

classical Chinese

wn hu

small flame (when cooking, simmering etc)

wn shn to tattoo
wn s

the train of thought in writing

Wn li

Brunei Darussalam, independent sultanate in

northwest Borneo
wn ho

literary giant / great writer / eminent writer

wn zhngBunsho
wn zh

setose asparagus

wn go

written statement / proclamation /

announcement
wn xing Wenxiang
wn c

language / words

wn zng sb whose calligraphy serves as a model

 wn m

writing / culture

wn q

the impact of a piece of writing on the reader /

gentle / refined
wn zh

Bunji

wn sh

to polish a text / rhetoric / ornate language / to

use florid language to conceal errors / to gloss over

wn g

clam / bivalve mollusc, many spp.

wn dn

pomelo

wn sh

aragonite (geology)

wn d

paperwork / official documents and letters /

(old) secretary
Wn n

Wen'an county in Langfang / / [Lang2

fang2], Hebei
Wn b

Wenbu or Ombu village in Nyima county /

/ / | / / / [Ni2 ma3 xian4], Nagchu prefecture, central

Tibet / Tang dynasty equivalent of / / , personnel office
Wn chng

Wenchang City, Hainan

wn chn civilian court official (in former times)

Wn chng

Wencheng county in Wenzhou / / |

/ / [Wen1 zhou1], Zhejiang

 Wn dng Wendeng county level city in Weihai / / ,

Shandong
wn di

official document

wn d

literary (rather than colloquial) pronunciation

of a Chinese character
Wn fng Wenfeng district of Anyang city / / / |
/ / / [An1 yang2 shi4], Henan
Wn Kng Wen Kang (mid-19th century), Manchu-born
novelist, author of The Gallant Maid / / / / / | / / /
/ / [Er2 nu:3 Ying1 xiong2 Zhuan4]
wn min to tattoo the face / face tattoo / to brand
(ancient punishment)
Wn shn Wenshan county in Wenshan Zhuang and
Miao autonomous prefecture / / / / / / / / / |
/ / / / / / / / / [Wen2 shan1 Zhuang4 zu2 Miao2
zu2 zi4 zhi4 zho
Wn shu Wenshui county in L / liang / / | / /
[Lu:3 liang2], Shanxi /
wn tng a person studying for the imperial
examinations

 Wn xin Wen county in Longnan / / | / /

[Long3 nan2], Gansu
wn yu

contract / written agreement

Wn Zhng

Wen Zhong (-467 BC), adviser to the

state of Yue during Spring and Autumn period

wn jin ji

folder / file (paper)

wn xu ji

writer / man of letters / CL: / | /

wn xu sh

history of literature

wn xu jing

a literary prize

Wn hu Bo

Wen Wei Po (Hong Kong

[ge4]

newspaper) / Wenhui News (Shanghai newspaper)

wn yn wn

classical Chinese

wn hu gng

cultural palace

wn j din

stationery store

wn hu jun

sphere of cultural influence

wn z xuphilology

wn z y literary inquisition / official persecution of

intellectuals for their writing

wn zhu zhu bookish / genteel / erudite

Wn shn zhu abbr. for / / / / / /

/ / / | / / / / / / / / / [Wen2 shan1
Zhuang4 zu2 Miao2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Wenshan Zhuang and Miao
autonomous prefecture in

wn xu sh

Bachelor of Arts / B.A. / BA / A.B. /

Artium Baccalaureus

Wn n xin

Wen'an county in Langfang /

/ [Lang2 fang2], Hebei

Wn b shng Ministry of Education, Science and

Culture (Japan), ceased to exist in 2001 when it was merged with

another ministry

Wn b xing

Wenbu or Ombu village in Nyima

county / / / | / / / [Ni2 ma3 xian4], Nagchu prefecture,

central Tibet

Wn chng sh Wenchang City, Hainan

wn chng y

lancelet (Branchiostoma

lanceolatum), a primitive fish

wn cho gng plagiarist

Wn chng xin Wencheng county in Wenzhou /

/ | / / [Wen1 zhou1], Zhejiang

Wn dng sh

Wendeng county level city in

Weihai / / , Shandong

Wn fng q

Wenfeng district of Anyang city

/ / / | / / / [An1 yang2 shi4], Henan

Wn fng zhn Wenfeng town (common place

name)

wn hu cng

wn hu chng city of culture

wn hu r

cultural fever / cultural craze

wn hu sh

cultural history

wn jin s Documents Division

Wn Jn D

Man Kam To (place in Hong Kong)

wn j shng

stationer

wn mng bng lifestyle diseases

wn mng hu

civilize

wn png shu

diploma tax

Wn shn q

Wenshan district of Taipei City /

culture level (in archaeological

site)

/ / | / / / [Tai2 bei3 shi4], Taiwan

Wn shn xin Wenshan county in Wenshan

Zhuang and Miao autonomous prefecture / / / / / /

/ / / | / / / / / / / / / [Wen2 shan1
Zhuang4 zu2 Miao2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zho

Wn shn xin Taipei Metro Wenshan Line

(known as the Muzha Line / / / | / / / [Mu4 zha4 xian4]

prior to October 8, 2009)

Wn shng q Wensheng district of Liaoyang city

/ / / | / / / [Liao2 yang2 shi4], Liaoning

wn sh g

Correspondence Unit

Wn shu xin

Wenshui county in L / liang /

/ | / / [Lu:3 liang2], Shanxi /

Wn Tin xing Wen Tianxiang (1236-1283), Song

dynasty politician and poet, folk hero in resisting Mongol invasion in

Jiangxi in 1275

wn w jng

heritage trail

wn xin xu

Philology / Historical Linguistics

wn xun b

propaganda department

wn y shng

Bungei

Wn Zhng mng

Wen Zhengming (1470-

1559), Ming painter, one of Four great southern talents of the Ming
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wn zhu zhu bookish / genteel / erudite

wn z dng

wn jin d xio file size

wn jin g sh file format

wn hu y chn cultural heritage

wn hu jio li cultural exchange

wn xu zu pn literature / writing / CL: / [bu4]

wn jin gun l document management

text file

word-processing

Wn y f xng

wn y yn ch theatrical performance / CL: / |

the Renaissance

/ [chang3]

wn zh bn bn refined in manner / gentle

wn fng s bo Four Treasures of the Study,

namely / | / [bi3], / [mo4], / | / [zhi3] and / | / [yan4] /

the essentials of calligraphy and scholarship (idiom)

wn shn hu hi

a mountain of paperwork

and a sea of meetings (idiom)

wn gu sh fi to cover up one's faults (idiom) / to

whitewash

wn fng b dng

absolutely still / fig. not the

slightest change / also written / / / / | / / /

wn jing xu hi

river of literacy, sea of

learning (idiom) / ars longa, vita brevis

wn rn xing qng

scholars tend to disparage

one another (idiom)

wn w shung qun well versed in letters and

military technology (idiom) / fine scholar and soldier / master of pen

and sword

wn y zi do

words of truth / moral expressed in

words / written article explaining a moral

wn zh w gng

political and military

achievements (idiom)

document exploitation

Approximate Results for

 Zhng wn

Chinese / Chinese written language /

Chinese writing
bn wn

this text / article / the main body of a book

Yng wn English (language)

zhng wnmain text (as opposed to footnotes) / main
body (of a book)
ln wn

paper / treatise / thesis / CL: / [pian1] / to

discuss a paper or thesis (old)

qun wn entire text / full text
y wn

literature and language

zu wn

to write an essay / composition (student

essay) / CL: / [pian1]

rn wn

humanities / human affairs / culture

k wn

text / CL: / [pian1]

yun wn original text

sn wn

prose / essay

gng wn document
R wn

Japanese (language)

tin wn

astronomy

tio wn

clause / explanatory section in a document

 s wn

refined / educate / cultured / intellectual /

polite / gentle
wi wn

foreign language (written)

Hu wn Chinese language / Chinese script

y wn

translated text

Hn wn hangeul / / , Korean phonetic alphabet /

Korean written language
Ki wn

Kevin (person name)

Y wn

a branch of the Xianbei / / | / /

[Xian1 bei1] nomadic people / two-character surname Yuwen

mng wn to state in writing (laws, rules etc)
shu wn hydrology
zhun wnarticle (in publication)
z wn

essay

jng wn

scripture / scriptures / CL: / [ben3]

sh wn

poetry and literature

g wn

old language / the Classics / classical Chinese

as a literary model, esp. in Tang and Song prose / classical Chinese

as a school subject
F wn

French language

 xng wn writing style (formal) / to send an official

written communication
fn wn

a single penny / a single cent

X wn

Spanish / Western language / foreign

languages (in Qing times)

D wn

German (language)

p wn

(of documents) offical approval

shng wnpreceding part of the text

chng wnwritten / statutory
b wn

blog article / to write a blog article (netspeak)

bi wn

inscription on a tablet

zhu wn incantation / spell / to curse

yn wn

quotation / citation

Shu wn see / / / / | / / / / [Shuo1

wen2 Jie3 zi4]
Hn wn Chinese written language / Chinese literature
esp. as taught abroad
mng wn inscription
E2 wn

Russian language

 Zng wn Tibetan script / Tibetan written language /

Tibetan language
Fn wn

Sanskrit

Jin Wn Jianwen Emperor, reign name of second Ming

Emperor Zhu Yunwen / / / [Zhu1 Yun3 wen2] (1377-1402),
reigned 1398-1402
Lng wn Longman (name)
jn wn

inscription in bronze / bell-cauldron inscription

q wn

remarkable work / peculiar writing

hu wn

palindrome

mng wn Braille (alphabet for the blind)

z wn

official communication (between gov. offices of

equal rank) / report delivered by the head of gov. on affairs of state

bi wn

the text of an annotated book / an

unannotated edition of a book / intagliated characters (on a seal)

yn wn

verse

sh wn

interpreting words / to explain the meaning of

words in classic texts / to decipher an old script

x wn

preface / foreword / preamble / recital (law) /

also written / / | / / [xu4 wen2]

 Mn wn Manchurian written language

A wn

Evan / Avon / Ivan

chng wnpetition (submitted to a superior)

n wn

text

bin wn a popular form of narrative literature

flourishing in the Tang Dynasty (618-907) with alternate prose and
rhymed parts for recitation and singing (often on Buddhist themes)
bng wn luminous style
chng wnrepetitious passage / multiple variants of
Chinese characters
do wn

litany (text of a prayer)

D wn

Devon (county of southwest England)

dio wn paper prayers for the dead burnt at funerals

fn wn

convoluted / elaborate formalities

gun wn passport / travel papers

h wn

paired phrases (poetic device)

Jing Wn Jiang Wen (1963-), sixth generation Chinese

movie director
K wn

Kevin (name)

 Ku wn

Kuiwen district of Weifang city / / / |

/ / / [Wei2 fang1 shi4], Shandong

li wn

received document / sent document

Lng wn Longwen district of Zhangzhou city / /

/ [Zhang1 zhou1 shi4], Fujian
Lu wn

Roman Tam (1949-), Canto-pop singer

Mng wn Mongolian language

Min wn Burmese (language, esp. written)
m wn

coded text / cypher

O wn

Owen (name) / Erwin (name) / Irvine,

California
shng wnJy / mon period of Japanese prehistory, with
rope pattern pottery
ti wn

Thai (language)

Tin wn birth name of Lord Menchang of Qi,

Chancellor of Qi and Wei during the Warring States Period (475-221
BC)
Xng wn Xingwen county in Yibin / / | / / [Yi2
bin1], Sichuan

 Xi Wn

Xiuwen county in Guiyang / / | / /

[Gui4 yang2], Guizhou

x wn

variant of / / [xu4 wen2]

x wn

dead letter / rule no longer in force / empty

formality
yng wn foreign language (esp. Western) (old)
yng wn characters cut in relief
yn wn

hangeul / / , Korean phonetic alphabet

y wn

variant character / loan word / variant written

form (for the same word) / different edition

Yu wn

Vietnamese written language / Vietnamese

literature
zhu wn seal script used throughout the pre-Han
period
zhun wnto decorate one's speech or writing with
literary allusions
zhu wn to compose an essay
zh wn

to write prose

zhng wn bn Chinese (language) version

zhng wn wng

sn wn sh

prose poem

zhng wn x

Chinese language department (of

Chinese language network

college)

ji g wn oracle script / oracle bone inscriptions

(an early form of Chinese script)

zu wn zhng to make an issue of sth / to fuss /

to make a song and dance

shng xi wn

(textual) context

gng wn bo

briefcase / attach / case

tin wn xu

astronomy

D r wn Charles Darwin (1809-1882), British

biologist and author of "On the Origin of Species" / / / / |

/ / / / [wu3 zhong3 qi3 yuan2] / Darwin, capital of Australian
Northern Territory / / / |

tin wn ti

observatory

yng yng wn

applied writing / writing for

practical purposes (business letters, advertising etc)

chn wn z

text only (webpage)

cho wn bn

hypertext

b chng wn

unwritten (rule)

ku wn hu

intercultural

sn wn y

salmon (loanword)

L dng wn

Latin (language)

g wn mng

ancient civilization

j x wn narrative writing / written narration

Fng Wn shn Vincent Fang (1969-), Taiwanese

multi-Golden Melody Award lyricist

g wn hu

ancient civilization

bi hu wn

writings in the vernacular

chng wn mn Chongwenmen in Beijing

tu wn z initial / first letter of word (in Latin script)

S d wn Steven (name) / Simon Stevin (1548-

1620), Flemish engineer and mathematician, played a key role in

introducing the decimal system to Europe

A wn s Evans / Ivins / Ivens

X l wn Greek literature

y wn hu

subculture

Qin z wn

Thousand Character Classic, 6th

century poem used as a traditional reading primer

Jin wn d

reign name of second Ming

emperor, reigned 1398-1402, deposed in 1402 (mysterious

disappearance is ongoing conspiracy theory)

Hn Wn d

Emperor Wen of Han (202-157

BC), fourth Han emperor, personal name Liu Heng / / | / /

[Liu2 Heng2], reigned 180-157 BC

tin wn gun

planetarium

chng wn f

statute

K r wn Calvin (name)

sn wn zh

wi wn x department of foreign languages /

sandwich (loanword)

modern languages (college department)

Yo Wn yun Yao Wenyuan (1931-2005), one of

the Gang of Four

bn wn mng semiliterate

Wng Hng wnWang Hongwen (1935-1992), one

of the Gang of Four

zhng l wn

Cheng

Wi Wn d

Cao Pi / / , emperor of Wei

rn wn xu

humanities

shu wn xu

hydrology

220-226

Language Unit

Languages Service

Chinese Language Day

English Unit

A1 ln wn

Aramaic

bi wn jin

white paper

B l wn Pali, language of Theravad Pali canon

Ci Yng wn

DPP politician

Tsai Ing-wen (1956-), Taiwanese