中文

Chinese

		middle; center; within middle; center; 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): ㄓㄨㄥㄨㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ man^4-2, zung¹ man⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Chûng-vùn
Min Dong (BUC): Dṳ̆ng-ùng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): Tiong-bûn

(Teochew, Peng'im): dong¹ bhung⁵
Wu (Wiktionary): tson ven (T1)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhōngwén
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥㄨㄣˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongwen
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ u̯ən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zung¹ man^4-2, zung¹ man⁴
  - Yale: jūng mán, jūng màhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ man^4-2, dzung¹ man⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ men², zung¹ men⁴
  - 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´ vunˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zung¹ vun²
  - IPA: /t͡suŋ²⁴ vun¹¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Dṳ̆ng-ùng
  - IPA ^(key): /tyŋ⁵⁵ ^(Ø-)ŋuŋ⁵³/
Min Nan
- (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
  - IPA ^(key): /toŋ³³⁻²³ buŋ⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: tson ven (T1)
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ v̻əɲ²¹/

Noun

中文

Chinese (language)
我中文名唔好聽。 [Cantonese, trad.]
我中文名唔好听。 [Cantonese, simp.]
Ngo⁵ zung¹ man⁴ 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?
(Mainland China, Taiwan, proscribed) Mandarin
(Hong Kong) Cantonese

Synonyms

(Chinese language):

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)

Antonyms

(Chinese language): 外文 (wàiwén)

Derived terms

中文內碼／中文内码
中文資訊交換碼／中文资讯交换码
中文輸入法／中文输入法

中文電腦／中文电脑
倉頡中文碼／仓颉中文码
全中文

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (中文):

→ Japanese: 中 (ちゅう)文 (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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