千字文

Chinese

		thousand	letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word	language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
simp. and trad. (千字文)		千	字	文

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Qiānzìwén

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢㄗˋ ㄨㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cin¹ zi⁶ man⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Qiānzìwén
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢㄗˋ ㄨㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Cianzìhwún
  - Wade–Giles: Chʻien¹-tzŭ⁴-wên²
  - Yale: Chyān-dz̀-wén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chiantzyhwen
  - Palladius: Цяньцзывэнь (Cjanʹczyvɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹ wən³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiānzìwénr
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢㄗˋ ㄨㄣˊㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cianzìhwúnr
  - Wade–Giles: chʻien¹-tzŭ⁴-wên²-ʼrh
  - Yale: chyān-dz̀-wénr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiantzyhwel
  - Palladius: цяньцзывэньр (cjanʹczyvɛnʹr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹ wəɻ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cin¹ zi⁶ man⁴
  - Yale: chīn jih màhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsin¹ dzi⁶ man⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: qin¹ ji⁶ men⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡siː²² mɐn²¹/

Proper noun

千字文

Thousand Character Classic (poem used as a primer for teaching Chinese characters to children from the sixth century onward)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (千字文):

→ Korean: 천자문(千字文) (cheonjamun)
→ Vietnamese: Thiên tự văn (千字文)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
千	字	文

Proper noun

千字文

chữ Hán form of Thiên tự văn (“Thousand Character Classic”)