文化

wén huà · wen hua

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

CC-CEDICT
  1. culture
  2. civilization
  3. cultural
  4. CL:個 / 个 (gè),種 / 种 (zhǒng)

Usage

文化 usually means culture, but can also refer to education or literacy in some contexts.

In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)了(liǎo)解(jiě)了(le)很(hěn)多(duō)希(xī)腊(là)的(de)文(wén)化(huà)。

I learned a lot about Greek culture.

Tatoeba: Chinese by sysko · English by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

很(hěn)多(duō)芬(fēn)兰(lán)人(rén)对(duì)文(wén)化(huà)感(gǎn)兴(xìng)趣(qù)。

Many Finns are interested in culture.

Tatoeba: Chinese by GlossaMatik · English by shekitten · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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