中文
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

中文

Zhōngwén

Chinese language

IN A VIDEO中文

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

Chinese language

既可指汉语这门语言,也可以指中文文字或内容。

BILINGUAL EXAMPLES

See 中文 in a sentence.

我在学中文。Wǒ zài xué Zhōngwén.

I am learning Chinese.

ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Usage notes and example sentences are hand-written, so they exist for only a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 中文

中文是什么意思?

中文 means the Chinese language or written Chinese.

中文和汉语一样吗?

In everyday learning contexts, 中文 and 汉语 can both refer to Chinese.

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