文章

Pronunciation

Noun

文章

1. essay; composition; article (in a newspaper, magazine, on the Internet, etc.) (Classifier: 篇)

   熱門文章／热门文章  ―  rèmén wénzhāng  ―  popular article

   發表文章／发表文章  ―  fābiǎo wénzhāng  ―  to publish an article

   我寫了一篇文章，想請您給我指點一下。 [MSC, trad.]
   我写了一篇文章，想请您给我指点一下。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ xiě le yī piān wénzhāng, xiǎng qǐng nín gěi wǒ zhǐdiǎn yīxià. [Pinyin]

   I wrote an article and would like to ask you to give me some advice.

   這篇文章寫得多棒啊，背下來。 [MSC, trad.]
   这篇文章写得多棒啊，背下来。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhè piān wénzhāng xiěde duō bàng a, bèi xiàlái. [Pinyin]

   How excellently written is this article! Memorize it.

   我看過你的文章，很喜歡你的文采。 [MSC, trad.]
   我看过你的文章，很喜欢你的文采。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ kàn guò nǐ de wénzhāng, hěn xǐhuān nǐ de wéncǎi. [Pinyin]

   I've read your article and appreciate your literary talent.

2. literary work; writing; text
3. hidden meaning; implied meaning
4. (Internet) message; post
5. (archaic, literary) pattern

   • 青黃雜糅，文章爛兮。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     青黄杂糅，文章烂兮。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Verses of Chu, 4^th century BCE – 2^nd century CE

     Qīng huáng záróu, wénzhāng làn xī. [Pinyin]

     Dark-green mixed with yellow, splendid is thy pattern.

   • 遂朱綠之，玄黃之，以為黼黻文章。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     遂朱绿之，玄黄之，以为黼黻文章。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Rites, c. 4^th – 2^nd century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Suì zhū lǜ zhī, xuán huáng zhī, yǐ wéi fǔfú wénzhāng. [Pinyin]

     They then dyed the thread red and green, azure and yellow, to make the variously coloured figures on robes.