洋文

Chinese

		ocean; foreign	language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
simp. and trad. (洋文)		洋	文

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yángwén

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˊ ㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng⁴ man⁴ / joeng⁴ man^4-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yángwén
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˊ ㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yángwún
    • Wade–Giles: yang²-wên²
    • Yale: yáng-wén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yangwen
    • Palladius: янвэнь (janvɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ³⁵ wən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: joeng⁴ man⁴ / joeng⁴ man^4-2
    • Yale: yèuhng màhn / yèuhng mán
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joeng⁴ man⁴ / joeng⁴ man^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêng⁴ men⁴ / yêng⁴ men^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːŋ²¹ mɐn²¹/, /jœːŋ²¹ mɐn²¹⁻³⁵/

Noun

洋文

1. (written) foreign language, especially a Western language
   • 1872, “游學西國”, in 中西聞見錄, page 24:

     聞中國有大員二人，司員數人，擕生童三十名，於上月初七日，從上海前往美國，俾該童等學習洋文格物，以及各種技藝。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     闻中国有大员二人，司员数人，擕生童三十名，于上月初七日，从上海前往美国，俾该童等学习洋文格物，以及各种技艺。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     Wén Zhōngguó yǒu dàyuán èr rén, sīyuán shù rén, 擕 shēngtóng sānshí míng, yú shàngyuè chū qī rì, cóng Shànghǎi qiánwǎng Měiguó, bǐ gāi tóng děng xuéxí yángwén géwù, yǐjí gèzhǒng jìyì. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1910, 吳趼人 [Wu Jianren], chapter 22, in 二十年目睹之怪現狀 [Bizarre Happenings Eyewitnessed over Two Decades]:

     正在忙亂之際，忽然一個電局信差送來一封洋文電報。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     正在忙乱之际，忽然一个电局信差送来一封洋文电报。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     Zhèngzài mángluàn zhī jì, hūrán yī ge diànjú xìnchā sòng lái yī fēng yángwén diànbào. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 番仔字

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
洋	文
ひろ Grade: 3	ふみ Grade: 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [çiɾo̞ɸɯ̟mʲi]

Proper noun

洋(ひろ)文(ふみ) • (Hirofumi) 

1. a male given name

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
洋	文
よう Grade: 3	ぶん Grade: 1
goon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jo̞ːbɯ̟̃ɴ]
• (Tokyo) よーぶん [yòóbúń] (Heiban – [0])

• Homophone: 養分

Noun

洋(よう)文(ぶん) • (yōbun) 

1. Western word or sentence
2. calque from a Western word