文 (man4) — liberal arts; humanities | [ant] 理 in Cantonese

manˎ₄文

Mandarin Pinyin: wen2

Meaning of 文

nounliberal arts; humanities | [ant] 理

nounliterary; classical | [ant] 白

nouncivilian; civil | [ant] 武

nouncertain natural phenomenon

nounwritten language; script; character

nounculture; civilization

noungentle; refined; mild

noundollar; classifier for coinage

nounformal ritual; etiquette

nounman4*1 - Cantonese only

nounliterary composition; article; document

Example Sentences with 文

我個中文老師好好人㗎

My Chinese teacher is a very nice person.

漢字是歷史上最古老的文字之一，大概四千歲了。

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。

We consulted the original and made some necessary changes.

mˎ₄唔goiˉ¹該neiˏ₅你bongˉ¹幫ngoˏ₅我coeng˗₃暢saanˊ²散zoengˉ¹張jatˉ¹一baak˗₃百manˉ¹文ziˊ²紙

Would you give me change for the hundred-dollar note?

呢篇文講緊一個啱啱死嘅人。

This article is about a recently deceased person.

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Words Containing 文

文物man4 mat6

cultural; relic; historical relic

文藝復興時期man4 ngai6 fuk6 hing1 si4 kei4

Renaissance-era

斯文si1 man4

cultured, refined, elegant, cultivated, genteel

獲文wok1 man2

a walkman (portable music player, as a loanword)

文房四寶man4 fong2 sei3 bou2

the Four Treasures of the Study: brush 筆, ink 墨, paper 紙 and inkstone 硯, the essentials of calligraphy and scholarship

古文字gu2 man4 zi6

ancient writing

文藝復興man4 ngai6 fuk6 hing1

the Renaissance

文件格式man4 gin2 gaak3 sik1

file format

反文邊faan2 man4 bin1

Kangxi radical 66 (攴) in its component form 攵

兩個文明loeng5 go3 man4 ming4

material and ethical progress

英文堂jing1 man2 tong4

English (Christian) church; English coursework

文化差異man4 faa3 caa1 ji6

cultural disparity / diversity

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