中文

Chinese

		middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
simp. and trad. (中文)		中	文
anagram		文中

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhōngwén

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ man^4-2 / zung¹ man⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): Chûng-vùn

  (Meixian, Guangdong): zung¹ vun²

• Eastern Min (BUC): Dṳ̆ng-ùng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): Tiong-bûn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dong¹ bhung⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹tson-ven

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhōngwén
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhongwún
    • Wade–Giles: chung¹-wên²
    • Yale: jūng-wén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongwen
    • Palladius: чжунвэнь (čžunvɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ wən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung¹ man^4-2 / zung¹ man⁴
    • Yale: jūng mán / jūng màhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ man^4-2 / dzung¹ man⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ men^4-2 / zung¹ men⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ mɐn²¹⁻³⁵/, /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ mɐn²¹/

Note: zung1 man4 - attributive.

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Chûng-vùn
    • Hakka Romanization System: zung^ˊ vun^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zung¹ vun²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡suŋ²⁴ vun¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: zung¹ vun²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʊŋ⁴⁴⁻³⁵ ʋun¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Dṳ̆ng-ùng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tyŋ⁵⁵ ^(Ø-)ŋuŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tiong-bûn
    • Tâi-lô: Tiong-bûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diongbuun
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ³³ bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² bun¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ bun²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dong¹ bhung⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tong bûng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /toŋ³³⁻²³ buŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹tson-ven
    • MiniDict: tson^平 ven
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tson-ven
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡soŋ⁵⁵ vən²¹/

Noun

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1. Chinese (language)

   我中文名唔好聽。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   我中文名唔好听。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   ngo⁵ zung¹ man^4-2 meng^4-2 m⁴ hou² teng¹. [Jyutping]

   My Chinese name sounds terrible.

   1. written Chinese

      以中文書寫的文章 [MSC, trad.]
      以中文书写的文章 [MSC, simp.]

      yǐ zhōngwén shūxiě de wénzhāng [Pinyin]

      an article written in Chinese

      我中文唔識讀。 [Cantonese, trad.]
      我中文唔识读。 [Cantonese, simp.]

      ngo⁵ zung¹ man^4-2 m⁴ sik¹ duk⁶. [Jyutping]

      I can't read Chinese.

   2. spoken Chinese, including all dialects and varieties

      中文授課／中文授课  ―  zhōngwén shòukè  ―  to teach in Chinese

      你說中文嗎？／你说中文吗？  ―  Nǐ shuō zhōngwén ma?  ―  Do you speak Chinese?

2. (Mainland China, Taiwan, proscribed) Mandarin
3. (Hong Kong) Cantonese

Synonyms

• (Chinese language):

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• 中國話／中国话 (Zhōngguóhuà)
• 中國語／中国语 (Zhōngguóyǔ) (rare)
• 漢文／汉文 (Hànwén) (written Chinese)
• 漢語／汉语 (hànyǔ) (usually spoken Chinese)
• 華文／华文 (Huáwén)
• 華語文／华语文 (huáyǔwén) (both spoken and written)

 

Antonyms

• (Chinese language): 外文 (wàiwén)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (中文):

• → Japanese: 中文(ちゅうぶん) (chūbun)
• → Korean: 중문(中文) (jungmun)
• → Vietnamese: Trung văn (中文)

Related terms

• 漢語／汉语 (Hànyǔ)
• 國語／国语 (guóyǔ)
• 普通話／普通话 (pǔtōnghuà)
• 中國話／中国话 (Zhōngguóhuà)

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