文 wén in a sentence
Language (writing - literary - culture - formal)
文 (wén) means Language (writing - literary - culture - formal). Below are 24 of the 145 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
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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
有英 文 菜单吗？
Yǒu Yīngwén càidān ma?
Is there an English menu?
Travel phrasebook · Ordering in a restaurant
有英 文 目录吗？
Yǒu Yīngwén mùlù ma?
Do you have an English catalogue?
Travel phrasebook · Trade fairs and factory visits
可以发 文 字吗？
Kěyǐ fā wénzì ma?
Could you send that as text?
Travel phrasebook · WeChat and staying in touch
我需要中英 文 对照。
Wǒ xūyào Zhōng-Yīngwén duìzhào.
I need a bilingual version.
Travel phrasebook · Negotiating and pricing
我看不懂，可以发英 文 吗？
Wǒ kàn bù dǒng, kěyǐ fā Yīngwén ma?
I don't understand — could you write in English?
Travel phrasebook · WeChat and staying in touch
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
文 appears in 145 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.
Words that contain 文
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Questions about 文
How is 文 used in a sentence?
This page shows 145 sentences using 文 (wén, "Language (writing - literary - culture - formal)"), 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.
Why do some sentences show 文 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 文 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 文?
The dictionary page for 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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