Chinese word

文章

Pronunciation

Pinyinwén zhāng

Meaning

  • nounarticle

Example

这篇文章很有意思。zhè piān wén zhāng hěn yǒu yì si

This article is very interesting.

Illustration for 文章 (article)

More examples

老师让我们写一篇文章作为作业。lǎo shī ràng wǒ men xiě yì piān wén zhāng zuò wéi zuò yè

The teacher asked us to write an article as homework.

Core concept

A formed stretch of writing that carries ideas or information as one complete work.

Common phrases

  • 一篇文章yì piān wén zhāng

    an article

  • 短篇文章duǎn piān wén zhāng

    a short article

  • 长篇文章cháng piān wén zhāng

    a long article

Similar words

作文zuò wén: A written school exercise based on a task or topic for practice or assessment.
句子jù zi: A brief set of words that expresses a single meaning.
段落duàn luò: A connected group of sentences that conveys one part of a written work.
话huà: A brief spoken statement or connected set of spoken words.

Definition in Chinese

以书面文字把想法、信息或事实有条理地表达出来的段落或篇章，既可指具体的一篇，也可泛指写作或文章的整体。yǐ shū miàn wén zì bǎ xiáng fǎ xìn xī huò shì shí yǒu tiáo lǐ dì biǎo dá chū lái de duàn luò huò piān zhāng jì kě zhǐ jù tǐ de yì piān yě kě fàn zhǐ xiě zuò huò wén zhāng de zhéng tǐ

Word origin

文章 (wénzhāng, "article; written composition") developed from 文 (wén, "writing") and 章 (zhāng, "a section of a work"), a combination that suggests writing shaped into connected sections.

Usage tips

  • English speakers may associate article mainly with a newspaper item, but this Chinese noun covers many kinds of organized writing, including essays and blog posts.

Other meanings

  • textnoun

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