文法

Chinese

		language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle	law; method; way law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (文法)		文	法
anagram		法文

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wénfǎ

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˊ ㄈㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁴ faat³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): vùn-fap

(Hailu, HRS): vun fab
Eastern Min (BUC): ùng-huák
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): mong² hah⁶ / muong² hah⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bûn-hoat
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶ven-faq

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wénfǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄈㄚˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wúnfǎ
  - Wade–Giles: wên²-fa³
  - Yale: wén-fǎ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wenfaa
  - Palladius: вэньфа (vɛnʹfa)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən³⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: man⁴ faat³
  - Yale: màhn faat
  - Cantonese Pinyin: man⁴ faat⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: men⁴ fad³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²¹ faːt̚³/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    文法
    民法
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vùn-fap
  - Hakka Romanization System: vun^ˇ fab^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: vun² fab⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /vun¹¹ fap̚²/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: vun fab
  - Sinological IPA: /vun⁵⁵ fap⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ùng-huák
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /uŋ⁵³⁻²¹ ^(h-)ŋuɑʔ²⁴/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: mong² hah⁶ [Phonetic: mong⁴ hah⁶]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: meóng-hah
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔŋ¹³⁻⁴² haʔ²¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: muong² hah⁶ [Phonetic: muong⁴ hah⁶]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /muoŋ²⁴⁻⁴² haʔ²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bûn-hoat
  - Tâi-lô: bûn-huat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bunhoad
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bun²⁴⁻²² huat̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bun²⁴⁻²² huat̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bun¹³⁻²² huat̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bun²⁴⁻¹¹ huat̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bun²³⁻³³ huat̚³²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶ven-faq
  - MiniDict: ven^去 fah
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³ven-faq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /vən²² faʔ⁴⁴/

Etymology 1

Reborrowing from Japanese 文法(ぶんぽう) (bunpō).

Noun

文法

grammar (system of rules and principles for speaking and writing a language)

Synonyms

語法／语法 (yǔfǎ)

Derived terms

文法學校 / 文法学校 (wénfǎ xuéxiào)

Etymology 2

Attestable in Classical Chinese.

Noun

文法

(archaic) written law; statute

Japanese

Kanji in this term
文	法
ぶん Grade: 1	ほう > ぽう Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ぶんぽー [bùńpóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [bɯ̟̃mpo̞ː]

Noun

文(ぶん)法(ぽう) • (bunpō) ^{←ぶんぱふ (bunpafu)^?}

grammar

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
文	法

Noun

文法 • (munbeop) (hangeul 문법)

hanja form^? of 문법 (“grammar”)

[NHK-1] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[DJR-2] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[SMK5-3] Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[1]

[2]

[3]