西文

Chinese

Etymology 1

		west	language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
simp. and trad. (西文)		西	文

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīwén

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ man⁴ / sai¹ man^4-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīwén
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siwún
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-wên²
    • Yale: syī-wén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiwen
    • Palladius: сивэнь (sivɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ wən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai¹ man⁴ / sai¹ man^4-2
    • Yale: sāi màhn / sāi mán
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ man⁴ / sai¹ man^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ men⁴ / sei¹ men^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ mɐn²¹/, /sɐi̯⁵⁵ mɐn²¹⁻³⁵/

Noun

西文

1. Western-language text; European-language text

   西文無襯線字體／西文无衬线字体  ―  xīwén wúchènxiàn zìtǐ  ―  Western sans-serif font

   • 1876, 徐壽, “格致彙編序”, in 傅蘭雅 [John Fryer], editor, 格致彙編, page 1:

     傅蘭雅先生英國之通儒也，來遊中國十餘年，通曉中國語言文字，特將西文格致諸書，擇其有益於人者，繙譯華文，月出一卷問世。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     傅兰雅先生英国之通儒也，来游中国十余年，通晓中国语言文字，特将西文格致诸书，择其有益于人者，𬙆译华文，月出一卷问世。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     Fù Lányǎ xiānshēng Yīngguó zhī tōngrú yě, lái yóu Zhōngguó shí yú nián, tōngxiǎo Zhōngguó yǔyán wénzì, tè jiāng xīwén gézhì zhū shū, zé qí yǒuyì yú rén zhě, fányì huáwén, yuè chū yī juǎn wènshì. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Etymology 2

		Spain	language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
simp. and trad. (西文)		西	文

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xīwén

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ man⁴ / sai¹ man^4-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xīwén
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Siwún
    • Wade–Giles: Hsi¹-wên²
    • Yale: Syī-wén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shiwen
    • Palladius: Сивэнь (Sivɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ wən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai¹ man⁴ / sai¹ man^4-2
    • Yale: sāi màhn / sāi mán
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ man⁴ / sai¹ man^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ men⁴ / sei¹ men^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ mɐn²¹/, /sɐi̯⁵⁵ mɐn²¹⁻³⁵/

Noun

西文

1. short for 西班牙文 (Xībānyáwén, “Spanish”)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 西班牙語 (“Spanish language”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		西班牙語, 西班牙文
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	西班牙語, 西語, 西班牙文, 西文
Cantonese	Hong Kong	西班牙文, 西班牙話, 西文