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中文
zhōng wén
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- zhōng wén
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1 · noun
Chinese language
汉民族的语言文字。
Source capitalization in Zhong1 wen2 is preserved; only the display transcription is lowercased.
She wrote a birthday card in Chinese for her friend.
English pronunciation · Synthesized MP3 · Candidate — listening review pending
她给朋友写了一张中文生日卡。
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