文藝

See also: 文艺 and 文芸

Chinese

		language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle	skill; art
trad. (文藝)		文	藝
simp. (文艺)		文	艺
alternative forms		文蓺 writing skills
anagram		藝文／艺文

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wényì

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˊ ㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁴ ngai⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bûn-gē

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wényì
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wúnyì
  - Wade–Giles: wên²-i⁴
  - Yale: wén-yì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wenyih
  - Palladius: вэньи (vɛnʹi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən³⁵ i⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: man⁴ ngai⁶
  - Yale: màhn ngaih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: man⁴ ngai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: men⁴ ngei⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²¹ ŋɐi̯²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bûn-gē
  - Tâi-lô: bûn-gē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bun'ge
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bun²⁴⁻²² ɡe²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bun²⁴⁻²² ɡe⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bun¹³⁻²² ɡe²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bun²⁴⁻¹¹ ɡe³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bun²³⁻³³ ɡe³³/

Middle Chinese: mjun ngjiejH

Rime
Character	文	藝
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	文 (59)	祭 (35)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	無分切	魚祭切
Baxter	mjun	ngjiejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɨun/	/ŋiᴇi^H/
Pan Wuyun	/miun/	/ŋiɛi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/miuən/	/ŋjæi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mun/	/ŋiaj^H/
Li Rong	/miuən/	/ŋiɛi^H/
Wang Li	/mĭuən/	/ŋĭɛi^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mi̯uən/	/ŋi̯ɛi^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wén	yì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	man⁴	ngai⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*mə[n] ŋet-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*mɯn ŋeds/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	文	藝
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wén	yì
Middle Chinese	‹ mjun ›	‹ ngjiej^H ›
Old Chinese	/*mə[n]/	/*ŋet-s/ (MC I!)
English	ornate	cultivation, art, skill
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	文	藝
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	13015	15090
Phonetic component	文	埶
Rime group	文	祭
Rime subdivision	1	2
Corresponding MC rime	文	藝
Old Chinese	/*mɯn/	/*ŋeds/
Notes		蓺六藝分化字

Noun

文藝

short for 文學藝術／文学艺术 (wénxué yìshù, “literature and art”); (sometimes specifically) literature or performance art
(Classical) writing skills

Derived terms

文藝作品 / 文艺作品
文藝學 / 文艺学
文藝家 / 文艺家 (wényìjiā)
文藝復興 / 文艺复兴 (Wényì Fùxīng)
文藝心理學 / 文艺心理学
文藝思想 / 文艺思想
文藝思潮 / 文艺思潮
文藝批評 / 文艺批评 (wényì pīpíng)
文藝民俗學 / 文艺民俗学
文藝理論 / 文艺理论 (wényì lǐlùn)
文藝界 / 文艺界 (wényìjiè)
文藝社會學 / 文艺社会学
文藝科學 / 文艺科学
文藝美學 / 文艺美学
文藝范
文藝語言 / 文艺语言
文藝語體 / 文艺语体
文藝青年 / 文艺青年 (wényì qīngnián)
新文藝 / 新文艺
民族主義文藝 / 民族主义文艺

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (文藝):

→ Japanese: 文芸(ぶんげい) (bungei)
→ Korean: 문예(文藝) (munye)
→ Vietnamese: văn nghệ (文藝)

Adjective

文藝

(neologism) artistic; hipster; artsy

Japanese

Kanji in this term
文	藝
ぶん Grade: 1	げい Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

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

【文芸ぶんげい】

[noun] art and culture

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
文	藝

Noun

文藝 • (munye) (hangeul 문예)

hanja form^? of 문예 (“literature”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
文	藝

Noun

文藝

chữ Hán form of văn nghệ (“literature and art”)