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文明

文明

Chinese

 
language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
 
clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty
simp. and trad.
(文明)
anagram 明文

Noun

文明 (classifier ())

  1. civilization; culture
    中華文明 / 中华文明   zhōnghuá wénmíng   Chinese civilization
    傳遞文明工具 [MSC, trad.]
    传递文明工具 [MSC, simp.]
    Shū shì chuándì wénmíng de gōngjù. [Pinyin]
    Books are a tool for transmitting civilization.
    其他生物最大不同就是擁有文明 [MSC, trad.]
    其他生物最大不同就是拥有文明 [MSC, simp.]
    Rén yǔ qítā shēngwù zuìdà de bùtóng, jiùshì yōngyǒu wénmíng. [Pinyin]
    The ability to develop civilizations is the biggest difference between humans and other living things.

Antonyms

Adjective

文明

  1. civilized; cultured
  2. (dated) modern

Derived terms

  • 物質文明物质文明
  • 精神文明

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (文明):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
Grade: 1 Grade: 2

Noun

文明 (hiragana ぶんめい, romaji bunmei)

  1. civilization
  2. Bunmei Era