Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wen-li

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.42 in modern English

Syllables: wen-li
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

The higher literary idiom of Chinese, that of the canonical books and of all composition pretending to literary standing. It employs a classical or academic diction, and a more condensed and sententious style than Mandarin, and differs also in the doubling and arrangement of words.

Questions

What does wen-li mean?: The higher literary idiom of Chinese, that of the canonical books and of all composition pretending to literary standing. It employs a classical or academic diction, and a more condensed and sententious style than Mandarin, and differs also in the doubling and arrangement of words.

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