語文

See also: 语文

Chinese

		speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to	language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
trad. (語文)		語	文
simp. (语文)		语	文

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǔwén

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˇ ㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁵ man⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): ngî-vùn

  (Meixian, Guangdong): ngi¹ vun²

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): gír-bûn / gú-bûn / gí-bûn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ghe² bhung⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǔwén
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˇ ㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǔwún
    • Wade–Giles: yü³-wên²
    • Yale: yǔ-wén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeuwen
    • Palladius: юйвэнь (jujvɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y²¹⁴⁻²¹ wən³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁵ man⁴
    • Yale: yúh màhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁵ man⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁵ men⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː¹³ mɐn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngî-vùn
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngi´ vunˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngi¹ vun²
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi²⁴ vun¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ngi¹ vun²
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi⁴⁴⁻³⁵ ʋun¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gír-bûn
    • Tâi-lô: gír-bûn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡɯ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bun²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gú-bûn
    • Tâi-lô: gú-bûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gw'buun
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /ɡu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bun²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou, Philippines, Jinjiang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gí-bûn
    • Tâi-lô: gí-bûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gy'buun
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bun²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bun¹³/
    • IPA (Philippines, Jinjiang): /ɡi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bun²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ghe² bhung⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: gṳ́ bûng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɡɯ⁵²⁻³⁵ buŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

語文

1. literary usage of a language (as opposed to slang or colloquialism)
2. language and script
3. language and literature
4. (Mainland China) Chinese language and literature (as a subject at school)

Synonyms

• (Chinese language and literature): (Taiwan) 國文／国文 (guówén)

Derived terms

• 語文學／语文学 (yǔwénxué)

 

Related terms

• 書寫系統／书写系统 (shūxiě xìtǒng)
• 文學／文学 (wénxué)
• 文字 (wénzì)
• 語言／语言 (yǔyán)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (語文):

• → Korean: 어문(語文) (eomun)
• → Vietnamese: ngữ văn (語文)

Others:

• → Zhuang: yijvwnz