文字譜

Chinese

		language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle	letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word	chart; list; score (music) chart; list; score (music); spectrum (maths) (phys.)
trad. (文字譜)		文	字	譜
simp. (文字谱)		文	字	谱

Etymology

Literally, “Chinese character notation/score”, so called because this form of tablature is written out in longhand, using special terms to instruct the player how to play a piece

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wénzìpǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˊ ㄗˋ ㄆㄨˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wénzìpǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄗˋ ㄆㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúnzìhpǔ
    • Wade–Giles: wên²-tzŭ⁴-pʻu³
    • Yale: wén-dz̀-pǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wentzyhpuu
    • Palladius: вэньцзыпу (vɛnʹczypu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹ pʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

文字譜

1. a form of longhand tablature formerly used to record guqin music

See also

• 減字譜／减字谱 (jiǎnzìpǔ)
• 簡字譜／简字谱 (jiǎnzìpǔ)
• 琴譜／琴谱 (qínpǔ)

Further reading

• Explanation of wenzipu