「中文」

Entry #1
Pronunciation: zung1 man2 zung1 man4
Individual
Character Meaning:
中 centre; hit; China; Chinese; secondary school; within; mid-; in progress; in the centre; in the middle; regular; intermediate
文 literary composition; dollar; literature; language; written language; article; essay
Part of Speech: noun
Explanation:
  • Chinese language; Chinese / Sinitic languages; a collective term that refers to a group of linguistically related written and spoken languages used in China and nearby countries, traditionally written in Chinese characters (a.k.a. Honzi / Hanzi / Hanja / Kanji / Hán Tự / Sawndip) from ancient times to the present day, excluding East Asian languages that have borrowed the characters at some point, such as Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese and Vahcuengh
    (Cant.) 中文字zung1 man2 zi6
    (Eng.) Chinese character
    (Cant.) 好hou2多do1外ngoi6國gwok3人jan4都dou1覺gok3得dak1中zung1文man2好hou2難naan4,因jan1為wai6中zung1文man2據geoi3講gong2同tung4其kei4他taa1語jyu5言jin4係hai6完jyun4全cyun4唔m4同tung4嘅ge3體tai2系hai6。
    (Eng.) Many foreigners think Chinese is difficult because the system is said to be different from those of other languages.

  • sometimes referring to a particular spoken language such as, in Hong Kong, Cantonese
    (Cant.) 講gong2咩me1嘢je5英jing1文man2啫zek1,講gong2中zung1文man2啦laa1!
    (Eng.) Why use English? Speak Cantonese!

See also: 漢語 外文 外語 廣東話 文言文 日文 書面語 簡體字 英文 英語 語文 (部份類近詞彙取自ToastyNews數據分析)
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