文 (man4 man4*1 man6 | wen2 wen4) : written language; literary; civilian

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文

man4 man4*1 man6

wen2 wen4

[粵] man4 | [國] wen2
[1] [n] written language; script; character
[2] [n] literary composition; article; document
[3] [adj] literary; classical | [ant] 白
[4] [n] liberal arts; humanities | [ant] 理
[5] [adj] civilian; civil | [ant] 武
[6] [n] culture; civilization
[7] [adj] gentle; refined; mild
[8] [n] formal ritual; etiquette
[8] [n] certain natural phenomenon

[粵] man4*1 - Cantonese only
[n] dollar; classifier for coinage

[粵] man6 | [國] wen4
[v] cover up; paint over; gloss over

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Stroke count: 4

Level: 1

Radical: 文 (#67)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

文

This word has been viewed 32380 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 15th Jun 2013 05:22

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文壇 man4 taan4 wen2 tan2 = literary circles

參考文獻 caam1 haau2 man4 hin3 can1 kao3 wen2 xian4 = cited material; reference (to the literature); bibliography

聯合國教科文組織 lyun4 hap6 ho4 gap3 gwok3 gaau3 gaau1 fo1 man4 zou2 zik1 lian2 he2 guo2 jiao4 ke1 wen2 zu3 zhi1 = UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

中文 zung1 man4*2/4 zhong1 wen2 = Chinese language

英文 jing1 man4*2/4 ying1 wen2 = English language

一文 jat1 man1 = one dollar; one yuan 粵

文化 man4 faa3 wen2 hua4 = civilization; culture; education; schooling; literacy

作文 zok3 man4*2 zuo4 wen2 = to write (essay, article, etc.)

文言 man4 jin4 wen2 yan2 = Classical Chinese; Literary Chinese

三文魚 saam1 man4 jyu4*2 san1 wen2 yu2 = salmon
See all 304 compounds (CantoDict reports 341 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 10 of 16 examples containing 文

我個中文老師好好人㗎粵
My Chinese teacher is a very nice person.

我寫中文字好慢。粵
I write Chinese characters very slowly.

開英文台 ?
Turn on English radio.
[Lit. Open English channel. [台 is an abbreviation of 電台.]]

聽英文台 ?
Listen to English radio.

唔該你幫我暢散張一百文紙粵
Would you give me change for the hundred-dollar note?

天文學上叫佢做月球粵
In astronomy, it's called "月球" (i.e. the moon).
[上 here means "in the field of".]

漢字是歷史上最古老的文字之一，大概四千歲了。國
Chinese characters are one of history's most ancient writing scripts, approximately four thousand years old.

我們參照原文作了必要的修改。國
We consulted the original and made some necessary changes.

呢篇文講緊一個啱啱死嘅人。粵
This article is about a recently deceased person.
[(Wikipedia)]

呢幾百文真係及時雨囉粵
This few hundred dollars is really great help at the right time.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 文
Unicode code for this character: U+6587 (off-site link)

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