文采

Chinese

		language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle	allotment to a feudal noble; affairs; gather
simp. and trad. (文采)		文	采
alternative forms		文綵文彩

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wéncǎi

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˊ ㄘㄞˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁴ coi²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bûn-chhái

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wéncǎi
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄘㄞˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wúncǎi
  - Wade–Giles: wên²-tsʻai³
  - Yale: wén-tsǎi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wentsae
  - Palladius: вэньцай (vɛnʹcaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən³⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: man⁴ coi²
  - Yale: màhn chói
  - Cantonese Pinyin: man⁴ tsoi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: men⁴ coi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²¹ t͡sʰɔːi̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bûn-chhái
  - Tâi-lô: bûn-tshái
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bunzhae
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bun²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰai⁵³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bun¹³⁻²² t͡sʰai⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bun²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰai⁵⁵⁴/

Noun

文采

rich and bright colors
literary grace; literary talent
我看過你的文章，很喜歡你的文采。 [MSC, trad.]
我看过你的文章，很喜欢你的文采。 [MSC, simp.]
Wǒ kàn guò nǐ de wénzhāng, hěn xǐhuān nǐ de wéncǎi. [Pinyin]
I've read your article and appreciate your literary talent.

Synonyms

(literary grace): (figuratively) 風騷／风骚 (fēngsāo)

Derived terms

文采風流

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (文采):

→ Japanese: 文彩(ぶんさい) (bunsai)
→ Korean: 문채(文采) (munchae)