國文

Chinese

		country; state; nation	language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
trad. (國文)		國	文
simp. (国文)		国	文

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guówén

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwok³ man^4-2
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kuet-vùn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kok-bûn
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁷koq-ven

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guówén
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guówún
    • Wade–Giles: kuo²-wên²
    • Yale: gwó-wén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gwowen
    • Palladius: говэнь (govɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɔ³⁵ wən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwok³ man^4-2
    • Yale: gwok mán
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwok⁸ man^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: guog³ men^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔːk̚³ mɐn²¹⁻³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kuet-vùn
    • Hakka Romanization System: gued` vunˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gued⁵ vun²
    • Sinological IPA: /ku̯et̚² vun¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kok-bûn
    • Tâi-lô: kok-bûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kokbuun
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔk̚³²⁻⁵ bun¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ bun²³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷koq-ven
    • MiniDict: koh^入 ven
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴koq-ven
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /koʔ³³ vən⁴⁴/

Noun

國文

1. language of one's own country
2. (Taiwan, obsolete in Mainland China) Chinese language and literature (as a subject at school)
3. (archaic) the Chinese language, usually in reference to Literary or Classical Chinese
4. (Malaysia) the Malay language

Synonyms

• (Chinese language and literature): (Mainland China) 語文／语文 (yǔwén), (Hong Kong) 中文 (Zhōngwén), (Singapore, Malaysia) 華文／华文 (Huáwén)

Dialectal synonyms of 馬來語 (“the Malay language”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		馬來語, 馬來文
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	馬來語
Mandarin	Malaysia	馬來語, 馬來話, 馬來文, 巫語, 巫文, 國語, 國文
	Singapore	馬來語, 馬來話, 馬來文, 巫語
Cantonese	Hong Kong	馬拉話, 馬拉文
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	馬拉話
	Singapore (Guangfu)	馬拉話
Southern Min	Penang (Hokkien)	番仔話, 番仔
	Singapore (Hokkien)	番仔話, 番仔
	Manila (Hokkien)	馬來話
	Singapore (Teochew)	番囝話