文選
Chinese
language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle |
to choose; to pick; to select to choose; to pick; to select; to elect | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (文選) | 文 | 選 | |
| simp. (文选) | 文 | 选 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: wénxuǎn
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄒㄩㄢˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: wúnsyuǎn
- Wade–Giles: wên2-hsüan3
- Yale: wén-sywǎn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wensheuan
- Palladius: вэньсюань (vɛnʹsjuanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /wən³⁵ ɕy̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: man4 syun2
- Yale: màhn syún
- Cantonese Pinyin: man4 syn2
- Guangdong Romanization: men4 xun2
- Sinological IPA (key): /mɐn²¹ syːn³⁵/
- Homophones:
文選 / 文选
民選 / 民选
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bûn-soán
- Tâi-lô: bûn-suán
- Phofsit Daibuun: bunsoarn
- IPA (Xiamen): /bun²⁴⁻²² suan⁵³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /bun²⁴⁻²² suan⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /bun¹³⁻²² suan⁵³/
- IPA (Taipei): /bun²⁴⁻¹¹ suan⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /bun²³⁻³³ suan⁴¹/
- (Hokkien)
Noun
文選
- anthology (collection of literary works)
Proper noun
文選
- Wen Xuan (an anthology of Chinese poetry and literature compiled between 520-530 CE by Xiao Tong, the crown prince of Liang)
Descendants
Japanese
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 文 | 選 |
| ぶん Grade: 1 |
せん Grade: 4 |
| kan'on | |
文 (“literature; text”) + 選 (“selection; picking”)
Pronunciation
Noun
文選 • (bunsen)
- (literature) an anthology
- (typography) type picking (historically, the picking of movable type for later typesetting)
Verb
文選する • (bunsen suru) suru (stem 文選し (bunsen shi), past 文選した (bunsen shita))
- (typography) to pick type
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 文 | 選 |
| もん Grade: 1 |
せん > ぜん Grade: 4 |
| goon | |
Literary Chinese 文選 (wénxuǎn)
Proper noun
文選 • (Monzen)
See also
- 文選読み (Monzen'yomi)
Korean
| Hanja in this term | |
|---|---|
| 文 | 選 |
Noun
文選 • (munseon) (hangeul 문선)