culture in Chinese

How to write 文化

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文化 is listed in the official HSK vocabulary at HSK 3. An intermediate band: enough vocabulary for everyday conversation and travel.

文化 in a sentence

• 中zhōng国guó文wén化huà很hěn有yǒu意yì思sī。

  Chinese culture is interesting.

• 我wǒ想xiǎng了le解jiě中zhōng国guó文wén化huà。

  I want to learn about Chinese culture.

• 每měi个gè国guó家jiā的de文wén化huà都dōu不bù同tóng。

  Every country's culture is different.

文化 vs 文明 vs 传统

Similar and easily confused words, and how they differ.

• 文明 wén míng civilization

  The grand-scale word — 中华文明 'Chinese civilization'. 文化 is 'culture' in daily use — 茶文化 'tea culture'.

• 传统 chuán tǒng tradition

  What is handed down — 传统节日 'traditional festival'. 文化 is the broader concept.