HSK 4 · Objects

文章 wénzhāng “article” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 文章 means

  1. article
  2. essay
  3. literary works
  4. writings
  5. hidden meaning

Measure word 篇 piān or 段 duàn · 一篇文章 yì piān wénzhāng

How to say 文章

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale文wén2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale章zhāng1st tone, high and level

文章 in a sentence

  1. 我想写篇文章。

    Wǒ xiǎng xiě piān wénzhāng.

    I want to write an article.

    Sentence #6094908 from Tatoeba

  2. 你的文章里有些错误。

    Nǐ de wénzhāng lǐ yǒuxiē cuòwù.

    There are a few mistakes in your essay.

    Sentence #1945963 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 不管怎么说，我都把文章写完了。

    Bùguǎn zěnme shuō, wǒ dōu bǎ wénzhāng xiě wán le.

    In any case, I’ve finished writing the article.

    Sentence #4262141 from Tatoeba

How 文章 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 文 (wén) with each of its parts in a different colour
文wénlanguage
  • 亠lid · tóu
  • 乂to govern · yì

Memory aidDrawn from a person with a pattern on the chest. It came to mean writing and culture.

The character 章 (zhāng) with each of its parts in a different colour
章zhāngchapter
  • 音sound · yīn
  • 十ten · shí

How to write 文章

文 4 strokes · 章 11 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

文章 (wénzhāng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 文章 (wénzhāng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 文章

Words with 文

中文Zhōngwén · Chinese language文化wénhuà · culture课文kèwén · text (of a lesson)文明wénmíng · civilised论文lùnwén · paper文字wénzì · writing作文zuòwén · to write an essay文件wénjiàn · document文学wénxué · literature文具wénjù · stationery (pens

Words with 章

盖章gàizhāng · to stamp (with a seal)规章guīzhāng · rules章程zhāngchéng · regulations

More words: Everyday Things

数字shùzì · numeral速度sùdù · speed塑料袋sùliàodài · plastic bag条件tiáojiàn · condition橡皮xiàngpí · rubber效果xiàoguǒ · result笑话xiàohua · joke信封xìnfēng · envelope

FAQs

文章 (wénzhāng) means “article” or “essay”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it wénzhāng: wén with a 2nd tone, then zhāng with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 文章 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 篇 (piān) or 段 (duàn). For example, one article is 一篇文章 (yì piān wénzhāng).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type wenzhang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 文章 from the suggestions. Typing wenzhang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
文章 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.