Read Edit View history 文明 wénmíng HSK3 civilization Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 文明 wénmíng civilization noun civilization or culture; the state of human social development and enlightenment 没有火，就没有文明。 méiyǒu huǒ, jiù méiyǒu wénmíng. Without fire there would be no civilization. civilized adjective to be civilized; to have good manners or culture; specifically used to contrast with being rude or barbaric 我看起来很文明吗？ wǒ kànqilai hěn wénmíng ma? Do I look civilized? modern (literary) used during the early 20th century to describe things that were new, modern, or Westernized at the time Show rare definitions Hide rare definitions Frequency Movie subtitles 12.5 per million appears in 5% of films Written text 72.8 per million Details HSK 2.0 Level 5 HSK 3.0 Level 3 Cross-References Classifier 个 gèAntonym 野蛮 yěmánSynonym 文化 wénhuà Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
文明 wénmíng civilization noun civilization or culture; the state of human social development and enlightenment 没有火，就没有文明。 méiyǒu huǒ, jiù méiyǒu wénmíng. Without fire there would be no civilization. civilized adjective to be civilized; to have good manners or culture; specifically used to contrast with being rude or barbaric 我看起来很文明吗？ wǒ kànqilai hěn wénmíng ma? Do I look civilized? modern (literary) used during the early 20th century to describe things that were new, modern, or Westernized at the time Show rare definitions Hide rare definitions Frequency Movie subtitles 12.5 per million appears in 5% of films Written text 72.8 per million Details HSK 2.0 Level 5 HSK 3.0 Level 3 Cross-References Classifier 个 gèAntonym 野蛮 yěmánSynonym 文化 wénhuà Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)