DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

應用文

简应用文 · 繁應用文

Mandarin · pinyin yìng yòng wén

applied writing
writing for practical purposes (business letters, advertising etc)

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

應: yīng · should, ought to, must
用: yòng · use, employ, apply, operate; use
文: wén · literature, culture, writing
应: yīng · should, ought to, must

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

4–4–2 · ying4 yong4 wen2

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

4character links

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

應用文 · find source passages ↗ · 应用文 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗

Compare dictionary sources Rime · Wiktionary

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

jing3 jung6 man4

Cantonese word readings for 應用文. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

CanCLID contributors · CC BY 4.0 · source & license · Data pack

Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

noun

practical writing

Source page · dump 2026-09-02 · Contributors & history

Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source & license · Data pack