古文

Chinese

		ancient; old	language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
simp. and trad. (古文)		古	文

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gǔwén

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ ㄨㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gu² man⁴ / gu² man^4-2
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kú-vùn
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kó͘-bûn

(Teochew, Peng'im): gou² bhung⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gǔwén
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄨㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gǔwún
  - Wade–Giles: ku³-wên²
  - Yale: gǔ-wén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guuwen
  - Palladius: гувэнь (guvɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ wən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gu² man⁴ / gu² man^4-2
  - Yale: gú màhn / gú mán
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gu² man⁴ / gu² man^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: gu² men⁴ / gu² men^4-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː³⁵ mɐn²¹/, /kuː³⁵ mɐn²¹⁻³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kú-vùn
  - Hakka Romanization System: gu^ˋ vun^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gu³ vun²
  - Sinological IPA: /ku³¹ vun¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kó͘-bûn
  - Tâi-lô: kóo-bûn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kofbuun
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bun¹³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bun²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bun²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bun²⁴/
  - IPA (Penang): /kɔ⁴⁴⁵⁻⁴⁴ bun²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gou² bhung⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kóu bûng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou⁵²⁻³⁵ buŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

古文

Synonyms

(Classical Chinese): 文言文 (wényánwén)
(Classical Chinese texts): 文言文 (wényánwén)
(ancient script): 古文字 (gǔwénzì)

Derived terms

古文觀止 / 古文观止 (Gǔwén Guānzhǐ)

See also

今文 (jīnwén)
金文 (jīnwén)
鐘鼎文／钟鼎文 (zhōngdǐngwén)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
古	文

Noun

古文

chữ Hán form of cổ văn (“ancient literature; Classical Chinese”)