Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wenyan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: wenyan
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Classical Chinese

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The first baihua-journals until about 1901 contained mainly articles and news, which had been originally written in wenyan and were now translated into the vernacular language."

Etymology

From Mandarin 文言 (wényán).

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does wenyan mean?: Classical Chinese
Where does wenyan come from?: From Mandarin 文言 (wényán).

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