wen-yen

[wuhn-yuhn]

noun

1. the formal, literary variety of written Chinese, as used in classical literature.

Word History and Origins

Origin of wen-yen¹

From the Chinese word wényán

Example Sentences

With this method, Ling-Hsiu Liao, a research scientist, and Wen-Yen Wu, a graduate student, in the Berenbaum lab, found that when nurse bees had consumed pollen contaminated by the three chemicals, their antennal responses to some brood pheromones and alarm pheromones were altered.

From Science Daily

“Growth momentum is losing steam,” Wen-Yen Fang, an economist at KGI Securities Co.

From BusinessWeek