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Chinese language
HSK 1
text / CL:
HSK 1
English (language)
HSK 2
to write an essay / composition (student essay) / CL:
HSK 2
foreign language (written)
HSK 3
paper / treatise / thesis / CL: / to discuss a paper or thesis (old)
HSK 4
astronomy
HSK 5
(broadly) prose (as opposed to verse) / (more narrowly) free-form literary prose, such as essays, sketches and reflections
HSK 5
humanities / human affairs / culture
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *文* | 文* | *文
language / culture / writing / formal / literary / gentle / (old) classifier for coins / Kangxi radical 67
HSK 7-9
entire text / full text
HSK 7-9
(coll.) to post a message
original text
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *文* | 文* | *文
surname Wen
to solicit articles, essays or pieces of literature (on a subject or in commemoration of an event)
to issue a document / document issued by an authority / outgoing messages / (Internet) to post an article online
short piece; article; short essay
literature and language / (PRC) Chinese (as a school subject)
old language / the Classics / Classical Chinese as a literary model, esp. in Tang and Song prose / Classical Chinese as a school subject
Russian language
official document
Kevin (name)
poetry and literature
(textual) context
Longwen district of Zhangzhou city 漳州市, Fujian
oracle script / oracle bone inscriptions (an early form of Chinese script)
(old, now used figuratively) official call to arms / official denunciation
main text (as opposed to footnotes) / main body (of a book)
writing style (formal) / to send an official written communication
palindrome
inscription in bronze / bell-cauldron inscription
Jianwen Emperor, reign name of second Ming Emperor Zhu Yunwen 朱允炆 (1377-1402), reigned 1398-1402
translated text
to state in writing (laws, rules etc)
hydrology
this text / article / the main body of a book
Tibetan script / Tibetan written language / Tibetan language
Sanskrit
rune
clause / explanatory section in a document
Japanese (language)
Chinese written language / Chinese literature esp. as taught abroad
scripture / scriptures / CL:
Charles Darwin (1809-1882), British biologist, author of "On the Origin of Species" 物種起源|物种起源 / Darwin, capital of the Northern Territory (Australia)
Xiuwen County in Guiyang 貴陽|贵阳, Guizhou
quotation / citation
Xingwen county in Yibin 宜賓|宜宾, Sichuan
official written ruling in response to a submission / official approval in writing
Spanish / Western language / foreign languages (in Qing times)
written / statutory
inscription on a tablet
French language
refined / educate / cultured / intellectual / polite / gentle
Kuiwen district of Weifang city 濰坊市|潍坊市, Shandong
Owen (name) / Erwin (name) / Irvine, California
Kevin (person name)
Chinese language / Chinese script
to write an article
braille / literature in braille
funeral oration / eulogy / elegiac address
German (language)
a single penny / a single cent
Steven (name) / Simon Stevin (1548-1620), Flemish engineer and mathematician, played a key role in introducing the decimal system to Europe
Longman (name)
characters cut in relief
preceding part of the text
penniless (idiom)
essay
Calvin (name)
remarkable or peculiar piece of writing
a branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 nomadic people / two-character surname Yuwen
inscription
interpreting words / to explain the meaning of words in classic texts / to decipher an old script
verse
Mongolian language
litany (text of a prayer)
preface / foreword / preamble / recital (law) / also written 敘文|叙文
a worthless piece of paper (idiom)
Manchurian written language
to parade by interspersing one's speech or writing with literary allusions / Taiwan pr. [zhuan3 wen2]
(Internet) to repost (Tw)
early form of Chinese characters inscribed in stone, a precursor of the small seal 小篆
bell-cauldron script / the 籀文 form of Chinese character used in metal inscriptions
petition (submitted to a superior)
without a penny to one's name / penniless / stony-broke
dead letter / rule no longer in force / empty formality
(old) official communication (between government offices of equal rank) / report delivered by the head of government on affairs of state
official document sent to an agency (or an official) of equal rank (in imperial times)
online literature, esp. web novels (abbr. for 網絡文學|网络文学)
Jyōmon period of Japanese prehistory, with rope pattern pottery
(social media) to post; a post
hangul, Korean phonetic alphabet
Roman Tam (1949-), Canto-pop singer
Arabic (language & writing)
blog article / to write a blog article (netspeak)
Evan / Avon / Ivan
variant character / loan word / variant written form (for the same word) / different edition
Jiang Wen (1963-), sixth generation Chinese movie director
advertorial

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