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Classical Chinese

Classical Chinese is the style of Chinese language in which the classics of Chinese literature were written, from c. the 5th century BCE. For millennia thereafter, the syntax of written Chinese used in these works was imitated and iterated upon by scholars in a form now called Literary Chinese, which was used for almost all formal writing in China until…

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Era
Originally written c. 5th century BCE – c. 2nd century CE · Widely used as a literary language until the 20th century
Glottolog
lite1248
ISO 639-3
lzh
Language family
SiniticChineseClassical Chinese · ChineseClassical Chinese · Classical Chinese
Linguasphere
79-AAA-aa
Region
China · Japan · Ryukyu Islands · Korea · Vietnam

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Classical Chinese

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related to Function · 26
Classical Chinese → Arabic, China, Chinese, Christian, Classical Chinese Literature, Eastern Orthodox, Europe, Europeans, However, Japan, Korea, Latin, Literary Chinese, Old Church Slavonic, Pali, Persia, Sanskrit, Sinosphere, South, Southeast Asia
related to Definition · 16
Classical Chinese → After, At, BCE, CE, China, Chinese, Classical, Confucius, Five Classics, Han, Literary Chinese, Qin, The, There, Therefore, Zhou
related to Transmission of texts · 13
Classical Chinese → According, BCE, BCE Qin Shi Huang, Book, CE, Classical, Even, Han, Hundred Schools, Qin, The, Thought, Yiwenzhi
related to Pronunciation · 8
Classical Chinese → As, China, Europe, Generally, However, Most, Old Chinese, The
related to Grammar and lexicon · 6
Classical Chinese → Additionally, Characters, Chinese, Compared, Standard Chinese, There
see also · 6
Classical Chinese → China, ChineseGugyeolGiải, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Xenic
Region · 5
Classical Chinese → China, Japan, Korea, Ryukyu Islands, Vietnam
Language family · 3
Classical Chinese → ChineseClassical Chinese, Classical Chinese, SiniticChineseClassical Chinese
Era · 2
Classical Chinese → Originally written c. 5th century BCE – c. 2nd century CE, Widely used as a literary language until the 20th century
Glottolog · 1
Classical Chinese → lite1248

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chinese literary classical vernacular modern written pronunciation century language words characters used china use many works form texts writing literature

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Classical ChineseEraOriginally written c. 5th century BCE – c. 2nd century CE1.00infobox
Classical ChineseEraWidely used as a literary language until the 20th century1.00infobox
Classical ChineseGlottologlite12481.00infobox
Classical ChineseISO 639-3lzh1.00infobox
Classical ChineseLanguage familySiniticChineseClassical Chinese1.00infobox
Classical ChineseLanguage familyChineseClassical Chinese1.00infobox
Classical ChineseLanguage familyClassical Chinese1.00infobox
Classical ChineseLinguasphere79-AAA-aa1.00infobox
Classical ChineseRegionChina1.00infobox
Classical ChineseRegionJapan1.00infobox
Classical ChineseRegionRyukyu Islands1.00infobox
Classical ChineseRegionKorea1.00infobox
Classical ChineseRegionVietnam1.00infobox
Classical ChineseWriting systemChinese characters1.00infobox
Classical Chineseis astyle of Chinese language in which the classics of Chinese literature were written0.90text

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