中文 (zhōngwén) means Chinese language. Below are 12 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
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
Questions about 中文
How is 中文 used in a sentence?
This page shows 12 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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