书 面

shūmiàn

adjectiveHSK 7-9

“In writing” in Chinese is 书面 (shūmiàn).

Meaning

in writing; written

Example

口语比书面语更贴近生活。

Spoken language is closer to life than written language.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

shūHSK 14 strokesabbr. for 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1]miànHSK 19 strokesface

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