文學 (man4 hok6 | wen2 xue2) : literature

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文學

man4 hok6

wen2 xue2

literature

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 10,500,000

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

文學 / 文学

This word has been viewed 1808 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by radagasty on 14th Jul 2004 02:25 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

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Characters in this word:

文 man4 man4*1 man6 - written language; literary; civilian
學 hok6 - learn; learning; school

16 compounds containing this word:

人文學 - humanities (course of study)
文學家 - a person of letters; a writer
天文學 - astronomy
天文學家 - astronomer
報告文學 - [n] reportage
桃色文學 - pornography
中國文學 - Chinese literature
英文學會 - [n] English (language) Society
中文學校 - [n] Chinese school
中文學會 - [n] Chinese Society
水文學家 - hydrologist
語文學家 - philologist
中國語言及文學系 - [n] Department of Chinese languages and literature
Common Formations:
文學語言 - [ling.] standard speech; literary language
文學博士 - Doctor of Letters
比較文學 - comparative literature

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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".]

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