| 文化 | wén huà | culture / civilization / cultural / CL:個|个[ge4],種|种[zhong3] |   |
| 中华 | Zhōng huá | Zhonghua, historical and cultural term for China, often used to denote Chinese civilization and identity (as in 中華文化|中华文化[Zhong1hua2 wen2hua4] "Chinese culture") / used in the official name of the Republic of China, 中華民國|中华民国[Zhong1hua2 Min2guo2] | |
| 价值 | jià zhí | value / worth / fig. values (ethical, cultural etc) / CL:個|个[ge4] | |
| 节目 | jié mù | (TV or radio) program / show / item / act / segment / number (on the program of a concert, variety show or cultural event) / a planned activity (in one's schedule) / CL:個|个[ge4],場|场[chang3],項|项[xiang4],臺|台[tai2],套[tao4],檔|档[dang4] | |
| 文物 | wén wù | cultural relic / historical relic / CL:件[jian4],個|个[ge4] | |
| 多重 | duō chóng | multi- (faceted, cultural, ethnic etc) | |
| 邓小平理论 | Dèng Xiǎo píng Lǐ lùn | Deng Xiaoping Theory / Dengism / the foundation of PRC economic development after the Cultural Revolution, building the capitalist economy within Chinese Communist Party control | |
| 文革 | Wén gé | Cultural Revolution (1966-76) (abbr. for 文化大革命[Wen2 hua4 Da4 ge2 ming4]) | |
| 文化遗产 | wén huà yí chǎn | cultural heritage | |
| 小将 | xiǎo jiàng | (in classical literature) young military officer of high rank for his age / (during the Cultural Revolution) young militant in the Red Guard / (in modern usage) rising star (in sport, politics etc) | |
| 大中华 | Dà Zhōng huá | Greater China / refers to China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau (esp. in finance and economics) / refers to all areas of Chinese presence (esp. in the cultural field), including parts of Southeast Asia, Europe and the Americas | |
| 文化交流 | wén huà jiāo liú | cultural exchange | |
| 典藏 | diǎn cáng | repository of items of cultural significance / collection | |
| 文化大革命 | Wén huà Dà gé mìng | Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) | |
| 林彪 | Lín Biāo | Lin Biao (1908-1971), Chinese army leader at the time of the Cultural Revolution | |
| 知青 | zhī qīng | educated youth (sent to work in farms during the Cultural Revolution), abbr. for 知識青年|知识青年[zhi1 shi5 qing1 nian2] | |
| 采风 | cǎi fēng | to collect local cultural material (recording folk songs, taking photos etc) | |
| 文娱 | wén yú | cultural recreation / entertainment | |
| 重地 | zhòng dì | location of political, economic, military, or cultural importance (usu. not open to the general public) / sensitive area | |
| 人文景观 | rén wén jǐng guān | place of cultural interest | |
| 刘少奇 | Liú Shào qí | Liu Shaoqi (1898-1969), Chinese communist leader, a martyr of the Cultural Revolution | |
| 保育 | bǎo yù | to look after (children) / childcare / to protect (wildlife, cultural heritage etc) / conservation | |
| 教科文组织 | Jiào Kē Wén Zǔ zhī | UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization | |
| 联合国教科文组织 | Lián hé guó Jiào Kē Wén Zǔ zhī | UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization | |
| 彭德怀 | Péng Dé huái | Peng Dehuai (1898-1974), top communist general, subsequently politician and politburo member, disgraced after attacking Mao's failed policies in 1959, and died after extensive persecution during the Cultural Revolution | |
| 文化宫 | wén huà gōng | cultural palace | |
| 四人帮 | sì rén bāng | Gang of Four: Jiang Qing 江青[Jiang1 Qing1], Zhang Chunqiao 張春橋|张春桥[Zhang1 Chun1 qiao2], Yao Wenyuan 姚文元[Yao2 Wen2 yuan2], Wang Hongwen 王洪文[Wang2 Hong2 wen2], who served as scapegoats for the excesses of the cultural revolution | |
| 文风 | wén fēng | writing style / (used with 鼎盛[ding3 sheng4]) cultural activity | |
| 世界文化遗产 | Shì jiè Wén huà Yí chǎn | (UNESCO) World Cultural Heritage | |
| 独尊 | dú zūn | to revere as sole orthodoxy / to hold supremacy (of a religion, ideology, cultural norm, social group etc) / to be dominant | |
| 插队 | chā duì | to cut in line / to jump a queue / to live on a rural community (during the Cultural Revolution) | |
| 贺龙 | Hè Lóng | He Long (1896-1969), important communist military leader, died from persecution during the Cultural Revolution | |
| 批斗 | pī dòu | to drag sb before a public meeting to denounce, humiliate and physically abuse them (esp. during the Cultural Revolution) | |
| 国家文物局 | Guó jiā Wén wù jú | PRC State Administration of Cultural Heritage (SACH) | |
| 凤凰古城 | Fèng huáng Gǔ chéng | Fenghuang Ancient Town, in Fenghuang County, Xiangxi Prefecture, Hunan, added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List in 2008 in the Cultural category | |
| 周作人 | Zhōu Zuò rén | Zhou Zuoren (1885-1967), brother of Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅[Lu3 Xun4], academic in Japanese and Greek studies, briefly imprisoned after the war as Japanese collaborator, persecuted and died of unknown causes during the Cultural Revolution | |
| 牛棚 | niú péng | cowshed / makeshift detention center set up by Red Guards in the Cultural Revolution / (baseball) bullpen | |
| 样板戏 | yàng bǎn xì | model theater (operas and ballets produced during the Cultural Revolution) | |
| 文化圈 | wén huà juàn | sphere of cultural influence | |
| 文化圈 | wén huà quān | sphere of cultural influence | |
| 康生 | Kāng Shēng | Kang Sheng (1896-1975), Chinese communist leader, a politburo member during the Cultural Revolution and posthumously blamed for some of its excesses | |
| 华国锋 | Huá Guó fēng | Hua Guofeng (1921-), leader of Chinese Communist Party after the Cultural Revolution | |
| 走资派 | zǒu zī pài | capitalist roader (person in power taking the capitalist road, a political label often pinned on cadres by the Red Guards during the Cultural Revolution) | |
| 吴晗 | Wú Hán | Wu Han (1909-1969), historian, author of biography of Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋, hounded to his death together with several members of his family during the cultural revolution | |
| 谭震林 | Tán Zhèn lín | Tan Zhenlin (1902-1983), PRC revolutionary and military leader, played political role after the Cultural Revolution | |
| 郭小川 | Guō Xiǎo chuān | Guo Xiaochuan (1919-1976), PRC communist poet, hero in the war with Japan, died after long persecution during Cultural Revolution | |
| 巴山夜雨 | Bā shān yè yǔ | rain on Mt Ba (idiom) / lonely in a strange land / Evening Rain, 1980 movie about the Cultural Revolution | |
| 文化史 | wén huà shǐ | cultural history | |
| 文化传统 | wén huà chuán tǒng | cultural tradition | |
| 文化的交流 | wén huà de jiāo liú | cultural exchange | |
| 文化障碍 | wén huà zhàng ài | cultural barrier | |
| 郭沫若 | Guō Mò ruò | Guo Moruo (1892-1978), writer, communist party intellectual and cultural apparatchik | |
| 香港文化中心 | Xiāng gǎng Wén huà Zhōng xīn | Hong Kong Cultural Center | |
| 三家村 | Sān jiā cūn | (lit.) village of three households / the Three Family Village, an essay column in a Beijing newspaper from 1961-1966, written by Deng Tuo 鄧拓|邓拓[Deng4 Tuo4], Wu Han 吳晗|吴晗[Wu2 Han2] and Liao Mosha 廖沫沙[Liao4 Mo4 sha1], criticized as anti-Party during the Cultural Revolution | |
| 日流 | Rì liú | the spread of Japanese cultural products (anime, pop music etc) to other countries | |
| 五七干校 | wǔ qī gàn xiào | May 7 cadre school (farm where urban cadres had to undertake manual labor and study ideology during the Cultural Revolution) (abbr. for 五七幹部學校|五七干部学校[Wu3 Qi1 Gan4 bu4 Xue2 xiao4]) | |
| 五七干部学校 | wǔ qī gàn bù xué xiào | May 7 Cadre School (farm where urban cadres had to undertake manual labor and study ideology during the Cultural Revolution) (abbr. to 五七幹校|五七干校[Wu3 Qi1 Gan4 xiao4]) | |
| 古文运动 | gǔ wén yùn dòng | cultural movement aspiring to study and emulate classic works, at different periods of history, esp. Tang and Song | |
| 周瘦鹃 | Zhōu Shòu juān | Zhou Shoujuan (1895-1968), writer, translator and art collector in Suzhou, a victim of the Cultural Revolution | |
| 四旧 | sì jiù | the Four Olds (target of the Cultural Revolution) | |
| 国家文物委员会 | Guó jiā wén wù wěi yuán huì | National Committee of Cultural Heritage | |
| 国家文物鉴定委员会 | Guó jiā Wén wù Jiàn dìng Wěi yuán huì | National Commission for the Identification of Cultural Heritage | |
| 大中华区 | dà Zhōng huá qū | greater China / refers to China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau (esp. in finance and economics) / refers to all areas of Chinese presence (esp. in the cultural field), including parts of Southeast Asia, Europe and the Americas | |
| 宁左勿右 | nìng zuǒ wù yòu | (of one's political views) to prefer left rather than right (idiom during the Cultural Revolution) | |
| 廖沫沙 | Liào Mò shā | Liao Mosha (1907-1990), journalist and communist propagandist, severely criticized and imprisoned for 10 years during the Cultural Revolution | |
| 廷巴克图 | Tíng bā kè tú | Timbuktoo (town and historical cultural center in Mali, a World Heritage site) | |
| 张溥 | Zhāng Pǔ | Ming dynasty scholar (1602-1641), prolific writer, proponent of the Fushe 復社|复社[Fu4she4] cultural renewal movement, author of Five Men’s Tombstone Inscription 五人墓碑記|五人墓碑记[Wu3 Ren2 Mu4bei1ji4] | |
| 揪斗 | jiū dòu | to seize and subject to public criticism (form of persecution during the Cultural Revolution) | |
| 文化层 | wén huà céng | cultural layer (in an archaeological dig) | |
| 文化热 | wén huà rè | cultural fever / cultural craze | |
| 破四旧 | pò sì jiù | Destroy the Four Olds (campaign of the Cultural Revolution) | |
| 经济社会及文化权利国际公约 | jīng jì shè huì jí wén huà quán lì guó jì gōng yuē | International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) | |
| 臭老九 | chòu lǎo jiǔ | stinking intellectual (contemptuous term for educated people during the Cultural Revolution) | |
| 血统论 | xuè tǒng lùn | class division into proletariat and bourgeoisie class enemy, in use esp. during the Cultural Revolution | |
| 复社 | Fù shè | Fushe, late Ming political and cultural movement led by Zhang Pu 張溥|张溥[Zhang1 Pu3] and others, advocating the revival of ancient studies | |
| 邓拓 | Dèng Tuò | Deng Tuo (1912-1966), sociologist and journalist, died under persecution at the start of the Cultural Revolution / wrote under the pen name Ma Nancun 馬南邨|马南邨 | |
| 阶级成分 | jiē jí chéng fèn | social composition / social status (in Marxist theory, esp. using during the Cultural Revolution) | |
| 韩爱晶 | Hán Aì jīng | Han Aijing (1945-), notorious red guard leader during Cultural Revolution, spent 15 years in prison for imprisoning and torturing political leaders | |
| 鲍德里亚 | Bào dé lǐ yà | Jean Baudrillard (1929-2007), French cultural theorist and philosopher | |
| 文化灭绝 | wén huà miè jué | cultural genocide | |
| 经济、社会及文化权利国际公约 | | International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights | |
| 联合国教育、科学及文化组织 | | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization | |
| 艾未未 | Aì Wèi wèi | Ai Weiwei (1957-), Chinese artist active in architecture, photography, film, as well as cultural criticism and political activism | |
| 非物质文化遗产 | Fēi wù zhì Wén huà Yí chǎn | (UNESCO) Intangible Cultural Heritage | |
| 文化财产 | wén huà cái chǎn | cultural property | |
| 文化景观 | wén huà jǐng guān | cultural landscapes | |
| 非洲文化学会 | | African Cultural Institute | |
| 教科文组织文化统计框架 | | UNESCO Framework for Cultural Statistics / Framework for Cultural Statistics | |
| 人权和文化多样性问题部长级会议 | | Ministerial Meeting on Human Rights and Cultural Diversity | |
| 人权和文化多样性德黑兰宣言和行动纲领 | | Tehran Declaration and Programme of Action on Human Rights and Cultural Diversity | |
| 非法贩卖文化财产问题区域讲习班 | fēi fǎ fàn mài wén huà cái chǎn wèn tí qū yù jiǎng xí bān | Regional Workshop on Illicit Traffic of Cultural Properties | |
| 亚洲发展文化论坛 | | Asian Cultural Forum on Development | |
| 非洲文化发展计划 | | African Cultural Development Plan | |
| 安德列斯·贝略协定 | ān dé liè sī middot;bèi lu:è xié dìng | Andrés Bello Convention concerning the educational, scientific and cultural integration of the countries of the Andean Region / Andrés Bello Convention | |
| 文化遗产司 | wén huà yí chǎn sī | Division of Cultural Heritage | |
| 拉丁美洲和加勒比文化信息系统 | | Cultural Information System in Latin America and the Caribbean | |
| 欧洲文化公约缔约国体育部长会议 | | Conference of Ministers Responsible for Sports of the States Parties to the European Cultural Convention | |
| 不可移动文物 | bù kě yí dòng wén wù | immobile cultural monument | |
| 可移动文物 | kě yí dòng wén wù | mobile cultural monument | |
| 私法协关于被盗或非法出口文物的公约 | | UNIDROIT Convention on Stolen or Illegally Exported Cultural Objects | |
