The Chinese word for stationery is
文具
wén jùChinese Definition
stationery | |
1. 文具 | |
Components | |
文 | |
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 | |
具 | |
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 |
Translations for 具 and their definitions
文具 | |
1. n. stationery | |
2. n. (archaic) article devoid of substance or practicality |
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wén jù
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