外文

Chinese

		outside; in addition; foreign outside; in addition; foreign; external	language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
trad. (外文)		外	文
simp. ^#(外文)		外	文

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wàiwén

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄞˋ ㄨㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngoi⁶ man⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gōa-bûn
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶nga-ven

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wàiwén
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄞˋ ㄨㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wàiwún
  - Wade–Giles: wai⁴-wên²
  - Yale: wài-wén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: waywen
  - Palladius: вайвэнь (vajvɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /waɪ̯⁵¹ wən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngoi⁶ man⁴
  - Yale: ngoih màhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngoi⁶ man⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngoi⁶ men⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔːi̯²² mɐn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gōa-bûn
  - Tâi-lô: guā-bûn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: goaxbuun
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɡua²²⁻²¹ bun²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡua⁴¹⁻²² bun²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡua²²⁻²¹ bun¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡua³³⁻¹¹ bun²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡua³³⁻²¹ bun²³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶nga-ven
  - MiniDict: nga^去 ven
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nga-ven
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ŋa²² vən⁴⁴/

Noun

外文

foreign language (in written form)

Synonyms

外國話 / 外国话 (wàiguóhuà)
外國語 / 外国语 (wàiguóyǔ)
外語 / 外语 (wàiyǔ)
洋話 / 洋话 (yánghuà) (dated or regional)
番話 / 番话 (faan¹ waa^6-2) (Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew)
紅毛話 / 红毛话 (dialectal, Jieyang Teochew)

Antonyms

中文 (Zhōngwén)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (外文):

→ Korean: 외문(外文) (oemun)
→ Vietnamese: ngoại văn (外文)

See also

二外 (èrwài)