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The Chinese word for stationery is
文具

wén jù



stationery

Chinese Definition


stationery
     1. 文具
Components
           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
     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 and their definitions

文具
     1. n. stationery
     2. n. (archaic) article devoid of substance or practicality


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