中文 (zhōngwén) means Chinese language. Below are 24 of the 25 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
我学 中文 两年了。
Wǒ xué Zhōngwén liǎng nián le.
I have studied Chinese for two years.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 中文
我在学 中文 。
Wǒ zài xué Zhōngwén.
I am learning Chinese.
Dictionary example · 学
我的 中文 不如他好。
Wǒ de Zhōngwén bùrú tā hǎo.
My Chinese is not as good as his.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 不如
他的 中文 程度很高。
Tā de Zhōngwén chéngdù hěn gāo.
His level of Chinese is very high.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 程度
我在上初级 中文 课。
Wǒ zài shàng chūjí Zhōngwén kè.
I am taking a beginner Chinese class.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 初级
他说的 中文 很地道。
Tā shuō de Zhōngwén hěn dìdao.
The Chinese he speaks is very idiomatic.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 地道
他的 中文 进步很快。
Tā de Zhōngwén jìnbù hěn kuài.
His Chinese is improving quickly.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 进步
他是 中文 系的学生。
Tā shì Zhōngwén xì de xuésheng.
He is a student in the Chinese department.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 系
他是大学的 中文 教授。
Tā shì dàxué de Zhōngwén jiàoshòu.
He is a professor of Chinese at the university.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 教授
这部电影有 中文 字幕。
Zhè bù diànyǐng yǒu Zhōngwén zìmù.
This film has Chinese subtitles.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 字幕
请把这句话翻译成 中文 。
Qǐng bǎ zhè jù huà fānyì chéng Zhōngwén.
Please translate this sentence into Chinese.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 翻译
他很会用 中文 表达自己。
Tā hěn huì yòng Zhōngwén biǎodá zìjǐ.
He is good at expressing himself in Chinese.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 表达
他的 中文 水平在不断提高。
Tā de Zhōngwén shuǐpíng zài búduàn tígāo.
His level of Chinese is continuously improving.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 不断
Reading these is one thing; producing 中文 yourself is another. Cloze in Context takes a sentence from this same bank, removes one word and asks you to put it back — beginner, intermediate and advanced.
From the graded readers
她教 中文 已经教了二十年了。
tā jiāo zhōngwén yǐjīng jiāo le / liǎo / liào èrshí nián le / liǎo / liào.
She's been teaching Chinese for twenty years.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · My Chinese Teacher
我的 中文 老师姓李，我们都叫她李老师。
wǒ de(possessive) zhōngwén lǎoshī xìng lǐ, wǒmen dōu jiào tā lǐ lǎoshī.
My Chinese teacher's surname is Li; we all call her Teacher Li.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · My Chinese Teacher
现在我的 中文 比以前好多了，我很感谢她。
xiànzài wǒ de(possessive) zhōngwén bǐ yǐqián hǎoduō le / liǎo / liào, wǒ hěn gǎnxiè tā.
My Chinese is much better than before now, and I'm grateful to her.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · My Chinese Teacher
From the travel phrasebook
我不会说 中文 。
Wǒ bú huì shuō Zhōngwén.
I don't speak Chinese.
Travel phrasebook · Airport and immigration
From the grammar library
我会说 中文 。
Wǒ huì shuō Zhōngwén.
I can speak Chinese.
Grammar library · HSK 2 · 会 / 能 / 可以 — three ways to say "can"
我学了两年 中文 。
Wǒ xué le liǎng nián Zhōngwén.
I studied Chinese for two years.
Grammar library · HSK 1 · Where time words go
他说 中文 说得很好。
Tā shuō Zhōngwén shuō de hěn hǎo.
He speaks Chinese very well.
Grammar library · HSK 3 · 的 vs 得 vs 地
你是在哪儿学的 中文 ？
Nǐ shì zài nǎr xué de Zhōngwén?
Where did you learn Chinese?
Grammar library · HSK 4 · 是…的 — emphasising the details
中文 appears in 25 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Questions about 中文
How is 中文 used in a sentence?
This page shows 25 sentences using 中文 (zhōngwén, "Chinese language"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 中文 an HSK word?
Yes — 中文 is on the official HSK 3 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 3 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 中文?
The dictionary page for 中文 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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