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clas·si·cal chi·nese

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Wiktionary

  1. Classical Chinesenoun

    The language used from the (1045 ) (especially the ), through to the end of the (220 ). In Chinese, u53E or, formally, u53Eu6F22u8A9E. The language of many classics of Chinese literature.

  2. Classical Chinesenoun

    The language used from the (1045 ) to the early 20th century.

Wikipedia

  1. Classical Chinese

    Classical Chinese, also known as Literary Chinese (古文 gǔwén "ancient text", or 文言 wényán "text speak", meaning "literary language/speech"; modern vernacular: 文言文 wényánwén "text speak text", meaning "literary language writing"), is the language of the classic literature from the end of the Spring and Autumn period through to the either the start of the Qin dynasty or the end of the Han dynasty, a written form of Old Chinese (上古漢語, Shànggǔ Hànyǔ). Classical Chinese is a traditional style of written Chinese that evolved from the classical language, making it different from any modern spoken form of Chinese. Literary Chinese was used for almost all formal writing in China until the early 20th century, and also, during various periods, in Japan, Ryukyu, Korea and Vietnam. Among Chinese speakers, Literary Chinese has been largely replaced by written vernacular Chinese, a style of writing that is similar to modern spoken Mandarin Chinese, while speakers of non-Chinese languages have largely abandoned Literary Chinese in favor of their respective local vernaculars. Although languages have evolved in unique, different directions from the base of Literary Chinese, many cognates can be still found between these languages that have historically written in Classical Chinese. Literary Chinese is known as kanbun (漢文, "Han writing") in Japanese, hanmun in Korean (but see also gugyeol) and văn ngôn (文言) or Hán văn (漢文) in Vietnamese.

Wikidata

  1. Classical Chinese

    Classical Chinese is the language of the classic literature from the Spring and Autumn period through to the end of the Han Dynasty, a written form of Old Chinese. The term is also used for Literary Chinese, a traditional style of written Chinese modelled on the classical language, making it different from any modern spoken form of Chinese. Literary Chinese was used for almost all formal writing in China until the early 20th century, and also, during various periods, in Japan, Korea and Vietnam. Among Chinese speakers, Literary Chinese has been largely replaced by written vernacular Chinese, a style of writing that is similar to modern spoken Mandarin Chinese, while speakers of non-Chinese languages have largely abandoned Literary Chinese in favor of local vernaculars. Literary Chinese is known as kanbun in Japanese, hanmun in Korean, and Hán văn in Vietnamese.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of classical chinese in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of classical chinese in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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