文尼

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (文尼)		文	尼
simp. #(文尼)		文	尼

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मुनि (muni), possibly shortened from 釋迦文尼／释迦文尼, ultimately from शाक्यमुनि (śākyamuni). (Dassanayake (2021))

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Wénní

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˊ ㄋㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁴ nei⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Wénní
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄋㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Wúnní
    • Wade–Giles: Wên²-ni²
    • Yale: Wén-ní
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Wenni
    • Palladius: Вэньни (Vɛnʹni)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən³⁵ ni³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: man⁴ nei⁴
    • Yale: màhn nèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: man⁴ nei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: men⁴ néi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²¹ nei̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: mjun nrij

Rime
Character	文	尼
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	娘 (12)
Final (韻)	文 (59)	脂 (17)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	無分切	女夷切
Baxter	mjun	nrij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɨun/	/ɳˠiɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/miun/	/ɳᵚi/
Shao Rongfen	/miuən/	/niɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mun/	/ɳji/
Li Rong	/miuən/	/nji/
Wang Li	/mĭuən/	/ni/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯uən/	/ni/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wén	ní
Expected Cantonese Reflex	man4	nei4

Proper noun

文尼

1. (Buddhism, archaic, now rare) Śākyamuni; Gautama Buddha

   Synonym: 釋迦牟尼／释迦牟尼 (Shìjiāmóuní)

2. A transliteration of the English male given name Vinny