說文

Chinese

		to speak; to say; persuade (politically)	language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
trad. (說文)		說	文
simp. (说文)		说	文

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Shuōwén

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄛ ㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syut³ man⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Soat-bûn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Shuōwén
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄛ ㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Shuowún
    • Wade–Giles: Shuo¹-wên²
    • Yale: Shwō-wén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shuowen
    • Palladius: Шовэнь (Šovɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ wən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syut³ man⁴
    • Yale: syut màhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: syt⁸ man⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xud³ men⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːt̚³ mɐn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Soat-bûn
    • Tâi-lô: Suat-bûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soatbuun
    • IPA (Xiamen): /suat̚³²⁻⁴ bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /suat̚⁵⁻²⁴ bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /suat̚³²⁻⁵ bun¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /suat̚³²⁻⁴ bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /suat̚³²⁻⁴ bun²³/

Proper noun

說文

1. Short for 說文解字／说文解字 (Shuōwén Jiězì, “Shuowen Jiezi”).