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HSK
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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
short piece; article; short essay
blog article / to write a blog article (netspeak)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *文* | 文* | *文
surname Wen
Japanese (language)
(coll.) to post a message
old language / the Classics / Classical Chinese as a literary model, esp. in Tang and Song prose / Classical Chinese as a school subject
Steven (name) / Simon Stevin (1548-1620), Flemish engineer and mathematician, played a key role in introducing the decimal system to Europe
scripture / scriptures / CL:
clause / explanatory section in a document
remarkable or peculiar piece of writing
French language
Chinese language / Chinese script
Kazakh written language
Calvin (1509-1564), French protestant reformer
literature and language / (PRC) Chinese (as a school subject)
main text (as opposed to footnotes) / main body (of a book)
to issue a document / document issued by an authority / outgoing messages / (Internet) to post an article online
palindrome
original text
refined / educate / cultured / intellectual / polite / gentle
oracle script / oracle bone inscriptions (an early form of Chinese script)
German (language)
to solicit articles, essays or pieces of literature (on a subject or in commemoration of an event)
translated text
quotation / citation
repetitious passage / multiple variants of Chinese characters
Kevin (person name)
Sanskrit
(old) official communication (between government offices of equal rank) / report delivered by the head of government on affairs of state
dissertation; thesis
interpreting words / to explain the meaning of words in classic texts / to decipher an old script
official written ruling in response to a submission / official approval in writing
to write an article
Spanish / Western language / foreign languages (in Qing times)
official document
Latin (language)
Korean written language
Owen (name) / Erwin (name) / Irvine, California
Classical Chinese writing
a branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 nomadic people / two-character surname Yuwen
Chinese written language / Chinese literature esp. as taught abroad
Evan / Avon / Ivan
poetry and literature
writing style (formal) / to send an official written communication
eight-part essay one had to master to pass the imperial exams in Ming and Qing dynasties
received document / sent document
verse
Tibetan script / Tibetan written language / Tibetan language
(idiom) penniless; completely broke
a single penny / a single cent
Xiuwen County in Guiyang 貴陽|贵阳, Guizhou
unwritten (rule)
genteel
essay
Calvin (name)
Longman (name)
speech delivered by a head of state to the legislature (e.g. (USA) State of the Union Address, (Russia) Address to the Federal Assembly etc)
narrative writing / written narration
early form of Chinese characters inscribed in stone, a precursor of the small seal 小篆
characters cut in relief
to write prose
a worthless piece of paper (idiom)
Lord's Prayer
the text of an annotated book / an unannotated edition of a book / intagliated characters (on a seal)
official document sent to an agency (or an official) of equal rank (in imperial times)
writings in the vernacular
Itō Hirobumi (1841-1909), Japan's first prime minister (served four terms), key figure in Japan's colonial expansion into Korea
Longwen district of Zhangzhou city 漳州市, Fujian
dead letter / rule no longer in force / empty formality
archaic (and simpler) form of a Chinese character
applied writing / writing for practical purposes (business letters, advertising etc)
to parade by interspersing one's speech or writing with literary allusions / Taiwan pr. [zhuan3 wen2]
(Internet) to repost (Tw)
ciphertext
worthless (idiom) / no use whatsoever
Steven, Stephen (name)
hangul, Korean phonetic alphabet
inscription
inscription in bronze / bell-cauldron inscription
obituary notice
bell-cauldron script / the 籀文 form of Chinese character used in metal inscriptions
paired phrases (poetic device)
(textual) context
(old, now used figuratively) official call to arms / official denunciation
variant character / loan word / variant written form (for the same word) / different edition
seal script used throughout the pre-Han period
litany (text of a prayer)
inscription on a tablet

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