全文

• Pinyin: quán wén
• Hanzi breakdown: 全 = 人 + 王 (complete/whole); 文 = 文 (text/writing — a person with decorative markings, hence culture and writing)

Meaning

The full text; the complete written content of a document, article, speech, or law without omission.

全文如下 (the full text is as follows), 全文翻译 (translate the full text), 全文检索 (full-text search). Commonly used in publishing, law, journalism, and digital search. Contrasts with 摘要 (abstract/summary), 节选 (excerpt), or 片段 (fragment).

Examples

1. 该条约的全文已在外交部官方网站上正式公布，供各界人士下载查阅。 The full text of the treaty has been officially published on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ website for the public to download and consult.
2. 法院要求双方律师在庭审前仔细研读合同全文，重点关注第七条的责任限制条款。 The court required both parties’ attorneys to carefully read the full contract before the hearing, with special attention to the liability-limitation clause in Article 7.
3. 这篇获奖演讲的全文已被收录进多所高校的英语教材，成为经典的修辞学范本。 The full text of the award-winning speech has been included in English textbooks at many universities, becoming a classic model of rhetoric.

Usage Guide

Context: law, publishing, journalism, digital search

Tone: neutral

Do Say

• 新颁布法规的全文将于下周在官方公报上正式刊载，并同步在政府门户网站上开放公众查阅。(The full text of the newly promulgated regulation will be officially published in the official gazette next week, and simultaneously made available for public access on the government portal.)
• 这位作者授权出版社在其授权范围内对原稿进行编辑，但要求所有公开引用均须基于论文全文，不得断章取义。(The author authorised the publisher to edit the manuscript within permitted scope, but required that all public citations be based on the full text of the paper and not be taken out of context.)

Don't Say

• 他读了全文的故事 — use 整个故事 or 故事全文; 全文 modifies a text document, so the modifier order matters: 故事全文 is correct, but 全文的故事 reverses the modification incorrectly

Origin & History

全 (complete/whole) + 文 (text/writing) — the complete written text; the entire document without cuts or omissions

Cultural Context

Generation: All ages

Social background: Universal