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文具wén jù
stationery
Definitions
| Chinese > English | ||
| 文具 | wénjù | |
| 1. n. stationery | ||
| 2. n. (archaic) article devoid of substance or practicality | ||
| English > Chinese | ||
| stationery | ||
| 1. 文具 | ||
| Components | ||
| 文 | wén | |
| 文 如 貍lí - having a pattern like that of a wild cat | ||
| 1. Original form of 紋 (to tattoo, tr=wén rú lí) | ||
| 文身 (wénshēn) - to tattoo | ||
| 文面 (wénmiàn) - face tattoo | ||
| 2. writing; literary composition; literature | ||
| 文章 (wénzhāng) - article, essay | ||
| 散sǎn文 (sǎnwén) - prose | ||
| 文不對題 (wénbùduìtí) - (of writing or speech) to be beside the point; to be off-topic; to be irrelevant to the subject | ||
| 呢ni1 篇 文man4-2 寫 得 唔錯。 - This essay is written quite well. | ||
| 3. official document | ||
| 4. literary language; Literary Chinese | ||
| 半文半白 (bànwénbànbái) - half literary, half vernacular | ||
| 5. Short for 文讀 (literary reading) | ||
| 6. script; written form | ||
| 甲骨文 (jiǎgǔwén) - oracle bone script | ||
| 書 同 文，車 同 軌。 - Same ruts for carriages, same script for writing. (i.e., universal standards) | ||
| 天城文 (tiānchéngwén) - Devanagari | ||
| 7. (written) language | ||
| Antonyms: 語 | ||
| 中文 (zhōngwén) - Chinese | ||
| 英文 (yīngwén) - English | ||
| 8. culture | ||
| 文化 (wénhuà) - culture | ||
| 文明 (wénmíng) - civilization | ||
| 9. liberal arts; humanities | ||
| 10. natural or social phenomenon | ||
| 天文 (tiānwén) - astronomy | ||
| 人文 (rénwén) - humanities; letters | ||
| 11. ritual; etiquette | ||
| 繁文縟節 - tr=fánwénrùjié | ||
| 12. of a government position, non-military: civil, civilian | ||
| 文職 (wénzhí) - civilian post | ||
| 文官 (wénguān) - civil official | ||
| 文武 (wénwǔ) - civilian and military | ||
| 13. gentle; refined | ||
| 斯文 (sīwén) - refined, cultured | ||
| 文雅 (wényǎ) - elegant, refined | ||
| 14. 47th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "pattern, repetition" (?) | ||
| 15. (archaic) | ||
| 16. (numismatics) mill (a tenth of a cent) | ||
| 一 文 (yī wén) - one mill | ||
| 17. (telegraphy) the twelfth day of a month | ||
| 文夕.大火 (Wénxī Dàhuǒ) - 1938 Changsha fire | ||
| 文 天-祥 (Wén Tiānxiáng) - Wen Tianxiang (Chinese politician and poet in the last years of the Southern Song Dynasty) | ||
| 18. to cover | ||
| 文過 (wénguò, wènguò) - to cover one's fault | ||
| 19. Variant of 蚊 | ||
| 蚊 | wén | |
| 1. mosquito | ||
| 2. (Cantonese) | ||
| 兩 百 蚊man4-1 - two hundred bucks | ||
| 3. (Cantonese) (Used in terms for people.) | ||
| 具 | jù | |
| 1. tool; implement | ||
| 家具 - furniture | ||
| 文具 - stationery | ||
| 玩具 - toy | ||
| 工具 - tool; instrument; implement | ||
| 器具 - utensil; implement; tool; ware; instrument | ||
| 2. to possess; to have | ||
| 具備 - to possess; to be equipped with | ||
| 別具一格 - have a style of one's own | ||
| 3. (literary) to provide; to furnish | ||
| 4. (literary) ability; talent | ||
| 5. (literary) to state; to report; to list | ||
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Pronunciation
wén jù
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