马氏文通 / 馬氏文通

mǎ​shì​wén​tōng

Ma's Basic Principles of Writing

the first systematic grammar of the Chinese language, published in 1898 by Ma Jianzhong

马 (literal) → 马/馬 · mǎ · [surname] 氏 (literal) → 氏 · shì · [honorific suffix] 文 (literal) → 文 · wén · writing 通 (literal) → 通 · tōng · to understand

Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

created sense May 20, 2026, 07:58 PM