文獻

See also: 文献

Chinese

		language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle	to offer
trad. (文獻)		文	獻
simp. (文献)		文	献

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wénxiàn

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁴ hin³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vùn-hien / vùn-hian
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): bûn-hiàn

(Teochew, Peng'im): bhung⁵ hiang³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wénxiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wúnsiàn
  - Wade–Giles: wên²-hsien⁴
  - Yale: wén-syàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wenshiann
  - Palladius: вэньсянь (vɛnʹsjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: man⁴ hin³
  - Yale: màhn hin
  - Cantonese Pinyin: man⁴ hin³
  - Guangdong Romanization: men⁴ hin³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²¹ hiːn³³/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vùn-hien
  - Hakka Romanization System: vun^ˇ hien
  - Hagfa Pinyim: vun² hian⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /vun¹¹ hi̯en⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vùn-hian
  - Hakka Romanization System: vun^ˇ hian
  - Hagfa Pinyim: vun² hian⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /vun¹¹ hi̯an⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bûn-hiàn
  - Tâi-lô: bûn-hiàn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bunhiexn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bun²⁴⁻²² hiɛn²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bun²⁴⁻²² hiɛn⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bun¹³⁻²² hiɛn²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bun²⁴⁻¹¹ hiɛn¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bun²³⁻³³ hiɛn²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bhung⁵ hiang³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bûng hiàng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /buŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ hiaŋ²¹³/

Noun

文獻

literature (of an academic or historical nature); research material; document; data
歷史文獻／历史文献 ― lìshǐ wénxiàn ― historical document

古代文獻／古代文献 ― gǔdài wénxiàn ― ancient document

出土文獻／出土文献 ― chūtǔ wénxiàn ― excavated text

傳世文獻／传世文献 ― chuánshì wénxiàn ― received text

古典文獻／古典文献 ― gǔdiǎn wénxiàn ― classical literature
short for 文獻學／文献学 (wénxiànxué, “paleography; philology; study of ancient Chinese texts”)

Synonyms

(literature):

典籍 (diǎnjí) (classical literature)
古事 (gǔshì) (literary)
文學 / 文学 (wénxué)
文籍 (wénjí) (literary)
詩書 / 诗书 (shīshū)
風騷 / 风骚 (fēngsāo) (figurative)

Derived terms

參考文獻 / 参考文献 (cānkǎo wénxiàn)
文獻學 / 文献学 (wénxiànxué)
文獻檢索 / 文献检索
文獻片 / 文献片
文獻綜述 / 文献综述 (wénxiàn zōngshù)
文獻通考 / 文献通考 (Wénxiàn Tōngkǎo)
灰色文獻 / 灰色文献 (huīsè wénxiàn)

References

“文獻”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
文	獻
ぶん Grade: 1	けん Hyōgai
kan'on

For pronunciation and definitions of 文獻 – see the following entry.

【文献ぶんけん】

[noun] literature

[noun] research materials, documents

(This term, 文獻, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
文	獻

Noun

文獻 • (munheon) (hangeul 문헌)

hanja form^? of 문헌 (“literature”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
文	獻

Noun

文獻

chữ Hán form of văn hiến (“long-standing cultural traditions (of a people); civilisation”)