文藝

See also: 文艺 and 文芸

Chinese

		language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle	skill; art
trad. (文藝)		文	藝
simp. (文艺)		文	艺
alternative forms		文蓺 writing skills
anagram		藝文／艺文

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wényì

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˊ ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁴ ngai⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bûn-gē

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wényì
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúnyì
    • Wade–Giles: wên²-i⁴
    • Yale: wén-yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wenyih
    • Palladius: вэньи (vɛnʹi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən³⁵ i⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: man⁴ ngai⁶
    • Yale: màhn ngaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: man⁴ ngai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: men⁴ ngei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²¹ ŋɐi̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bûn-gē
    • Tâi-lô: bûn-gē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bun'ge
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bun²⁴⁻²² ɡe²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bun²⁴⁻²² ɡe⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bun¹³⁻²² ɡe²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bun²⁴⁻¹¹ ɡe³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bun²³⁻³³ ɡe³³/

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• Middle Chinese: mjun ngjiejH

Rime
Character	文	藝
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	文 (59)	祭 (35)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	無分切	魚祭切
Baxter	mjun	ngjiejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɨun/	/ŋiᴇiH/
Pan Wuyun	/miun/	/ŋiɛiH/
Shao Rongfen	/miuən/	/ŋjæiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mun/	/ŋiajH/
Li Rong	/miuən/	/ŋiɛiH/
Wang Li	/mĭuən/	/ŋĭɛiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯uən/	/ŋi̯ɛiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wén	yì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	man4	ngai6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*mə[n]  ŋet-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*mɯn  ŋeds/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	文	藝
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wén	yì
Middle Chinese	‹ mjun ›	‹ ngjiejH ›
Old Chinese	/*mə[n]/	/*ŋet-s/ (MC I!)
English	ornate	cultivation, art, skill
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	文	藝
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	13015	15090
Phonetic component	文	埶
Rime group	文	祭
Rime subdivision	1	2
Corresponding MC rime	文	藝
Old Chinese	/*mɯn/	/*ŋeds/
Notes		蓺六藝分化字

Noun

文藝

1. Short for 文學藝術／文学艺术 (wénxué yìshù, “literature and art”); (sometimes specifically) literature or performance art
2. (Classical) writing skills

Derived terms

• 文藝作品／文艺作品
• 文藝學／文艺学
• 文藝家／文艺家 (wényìjiā)
• 文藝復興／文艺复兴 (Wényì Fùxīng)
• 文藝心理學／文艺心理学
• 文藝思想／文艺思想
• 文藝思潮／文艺思潮
• 文藝批評／文艺批评 (wényì pīpíng)
• 文藝民俗學／文艺民俗学
• 文藝理論／文艺理论 (wényì lǐlùn)
• 文藝界／文艺界 (wényìjiè)
• 文藝社會學／文艺社会学
• 文藝科學／文艺科学
• 文藝美學／文艺美学
• 文藝范
• 文藝語言／文艺语言
• 文藝語體／文艺语体
• 文藝青年／文艺青年 (wényì qīngnián)
• 新文藝／新文艺
• 民族主義文藝／民族主义文艺

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (文藝):

• → Japanese: 文芸(ぶんげい) (bungei)
• → Korean: 문예(文藝) (munye)
• → Vietnamese: văn nghệ (文藝)

Adjective

文藝

1. (neologism) artistic; hipster; artsy

Japanese

Kanji in this term
文	藝
ぶん Grade: 1	げい Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Noun

文(ぶん)藝(げい) • (bungei) 

1. Kyūjitai form of 文芸 (“art and culture”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
文	藝

Noun

文藝 • (munye) (hangeul 문예)

1. Hanja form^? of 문예 (“literature”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
文	藝

Noun

文藝

1. chữ Hán form of văn nghệ (“literature and art”).