"Classical Chinese" meaning in English

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Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Classical Chinese}} Classical Chinese
  1. The written Chinese language used from the Zhou Dynasty (1045 B.C.E.) (especially the Spring and Autumn Period), through to the end of the Han Dynasty (220 C.E.). In Chinese, 古文 (gǔwén, “Ancient Writing”) or, formally, 古典漢語/古典汉语 (“Classical Chinese”). The language of many classics of Chinese literature. Synonyms: Literary Chinese
    Sense id: en-Classical_Chinese-en-name-y0fyoBa8 Categories (other): Mandarin terms with non-redundant manual script codes, Mandarin terms with redundant script codes
  2. The written Chinese language used from the Zhou Dynasty (1045 B.C.E.) to the early 20th century.
    Sense id: en-Classical_Chinese-en-name-80tsgM2x
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (language): 文言文 (alt: man⁴ jin⁴ man⁴⁻²) (Chinese Cantonese), 文言 (man⁴ jin⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 古文 (alt: gu² man⁴⁻²) (Chinese Cantonese), 文言文 (Wényánwén) (Chinese Mandarin), 文言 (Wényán) (Chinese Mandarin), 古文 (Gǔwén) (Chinese Mandarin), 漢文 (Chinese Mandarin), 汉文 (Hànwén) (Chinese Mandarin), klassinen kiina (Finnish), chinois classique [masculine] (French), klassisches Chinesisch [neuter] (German), bahasa Tionghoa Klasik (Indonesian), cinese classico [masculine] (Italian), lingua cinese classica [feminine] (Italian), 漢文 (Kanbun) (alt: かんぶん) (Japanese), 한문 (Hanmun) (alt: 漢文) (Korean), bahasa Cina Klasik (Malay), 文言 (bûn-giân) (Min Nan Chinese), chinês clássico [masculine] (Portuguese), вэнья́нь (vɛnʹjánʹ) [masculine] (Russian), класси́ческий кита́йский язы́к (klassíčeskij kitájskij jazýk) [masculine] (Russian), chino clásico (Spanish), klassisk kinesiska (Swedish), Hán văn (alt: 漢文) (Vietnamese), cổ văn (alt: 古文) (Vietnamese)
Disambiguation of 'language': 46 54

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