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		middle; center; within middle; center; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
simp. and trad. (中文)		中	文
anagram		文中

中文

written Chinese

以中文書寫的文章 [MSC, trad.]

以中文书写的文章 [MSC, simp.]

yǐ zhōngwén shūxiě de wénzhāng [Pinyin]

an article written in Chinese
spoken Chinese, including all dialects and varieties

中文授課 / 中文授课 ― zhōngwén shòukè ― to teach in Chinese

你說中文嗎？ / 你说中文吗？ ― Nǐ shuō zhōngwén ma? ― Do you speak Chinese?
(proscribed) Mandarin

Sino-Xenic (中文):

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhōngwén
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥㄨㄣˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongwen
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ u̯ən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zung¹ man⁴, zung¹ man^4-2
  - Yale: jūng màhn, jūng mán
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ man⁴, dzung¹ man^4-2
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ mɐn²¹/, /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ mɐn²¹⁻³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Chûng-vùn
  - Hakka Romanization System: zung´ vunˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zung¹ vun²
  - IPA: /t͡suŋ²⁴ vun¹¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Dṳ̆ng-ùng
  - IPA ^(key): /tyŋ⁵⁵ ^(Ø-)ŋuŋ⁵³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tiong-bûn
  - Tâi-lô: Tiong-bûn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diongbuun
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² bun²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ³³ bun²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² bun¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ bun²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ bun²³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: tson ven (T1)
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ v̻əɲ²¹/