文物

Chinese

		language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle	thing; object; matter
simp. and trad. (文物)		文	物

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wénwù

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˊ ㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁴ mat⁶

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vùn-vu̍t
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bûn-bu̍t

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bhung⁵ muêh⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wénwù
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúnwù
    • Wade–Giles: wên²-wu⁴
    • Yale: wén-wù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wenwuh
    • Palladius: вэньу (vɛnʹu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən³⁵ u⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: man⁴ mat⁶
    • Yale: màhn maht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: man⁴ mat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: men⁴ med⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²¹ mɐt̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vùn-vu̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: vunˇ vud
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vun² vud⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /vun¹¹ vut̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bûn-bu̍t
    • Tâi-lô: bûn-bu̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bunbut
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bun²⁴⁻²² but̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bun²⁴⁻²² but̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bun¹³⁻²² but̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bun²⁴⁻¹¹ but̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bun²³⁻³³ but̚⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bhung⁵ muêh⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bûng mue̍h
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /buŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ mueʔ⁴/

Noun

文物

1. cultural object; relic

   珍貴文物／珍贵文物  ―  zhēnguì wénwù  ―  rare cultural object

   保護文物／保护文物  ―  bǎohù wénwù  ―  to protect cultural objects

   出土文物  ―  chūtǔ wénwù  ―  unearthed cultural relics

Synonyms

• 古玩 (gǔwán)
• 古董 (gǔdǒng)

 

Derived terms

• 出土文物
• 古文物 (gǔwénwù)
• 歷史文物／历史文物 (lìshǐ wénwù)
• 衣冠文物

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (文物):

• → Japanese: 文物(ぶんぶつ) (bunbutsu)
• → Korean: 문물(文物) (munmul)
• → Vietnamese: văn vật (文物)