斯文
Chinese
| phonetic; this | language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (斯文) |
斯 | 文 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: sīwén → sīwen (toneless final syllable variant)
- Zhuyin: ㄙ ㄨㄣˊ → ㄙ ˙ㄨㄣ (toneless final syllable variant)
- Tongyong Pinyin: sihwůn
- Wade–Giles: ssŭ1-wên5
- Yale: sz̄-wen
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sy.wen
- Palladius: сывэнь (syvɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /sz̩⁵⁵ wən³⁵/ → /sz̩⁵⁵ wən²/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: si1 man4
- Yale: sī màhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: si1 man4
- Guangdong Romanization: xi1 men4
- Sinological IPA (key): /siː⁵⁵ mɐn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Gan
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̂-vùn
- Hakka Romanization System: siiˊ vunˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: si1 vun2
- Sinological IPA: /sɨ²⁴ vun¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: siiˋ vun
- Sinological IPA: /sɨ⁵³ vun⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-bûn
- Tâi-lô: su-bûn
- Phofsit Daibuun: su'buun
- IPA (Xiamen): /su⁴⁴⁻²² bun²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ bun²³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /su⁴⁴⁻²² bun¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ bun²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sir-bûn
- Tâi-lô: sir-bûn
- IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ³³ bun²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Jinjiang, Philippines)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si-bûn
- Tâi-lô: si-bûn
- Phofsit Daibuun: si'buun
- IPA (Jinjiang, Philippines): /si³³ bun²⁴/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: se1 bhung5
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sṳ bûng
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɯ³³⁻²³ buŋ⁵⁵/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
Adjective
斯文
Synonyms
- (gentle):
- 優美 / 优美 (yōuměi) (of music, scenery)
- 典雅 (diǎnyǎ)
- 古雅 (gǔyǎ)
- 嫻 / 娴 (xián) (literary, or in compounds)
- 嫻靜 / 娴静 (xiánjìng)
- 幽美 (yōuměi) (literary, of an environment)
- 彬 (bīn) (literary, or in compounds)
- 彬彬 (bīnbīn) (literary)
- 文雅 (wényǎ)
- 文靜 / 文静 (wénjìng)
- 斯文胎胎 (si1 wen2 tai1 tai1) (Sichuanese)
- 斯斯文文 (sīsīwénwén)
- 柔美 (róuměi) (of music, scenery)
- 酥巧 (Xiamen Hokkien)
- 雅相 (ia3 sian4) (Xiang)
- 雅緻 / 雅致 (yǎzhì)
- 高尚 (gāoshàng)
- 高雅 (gāoyǎ)
- (handsome):
Dialectal synonyms of 英俊 (“handsome”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 英俊, 帥氣 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 帥 |
| Malaysia | 英俊 | |
| Singapore | 帥 | |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 帥 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 帥 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 靚仔 |
| Hong Kong | 靚仔 | |
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 靚仔 | |
| Penang (Guangfu) | 靚仔 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 靚仔 | |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 緣投, 斯文 |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 緣投, 斯文 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 緣投, 斯文 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 派頭, 緣投, 斯文 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 緣投, 斯文 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 緣投, 斯文 | |
| Singapore (Dabu) | 緣投 | |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 緣投 |
| Xiamen (Tong'an) | 緣投 | |
| Quanzhou | 緣投 | |
| Jinjiang | 緣投 | |
| Anxi | 緣投 | |
| Zhangzhou | 緣投, 燦頭, 燦才 | |
| Tainan | 緣投 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 緣投 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 緣投 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 緣投 | |
| Wenchang | 帥 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 帥 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 帥 |
Antonyms
Derived terms
- 斯文人
- 斯斯文文 (sīsīwénwén)
Noun
斯文
- (literary) scholar; literati
- (literary) elegance; refinement
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 斯 (sī), 文.
- (literary) this text
- 後之攬者，亦將有感於斯文。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
- From: 353 CE, Wang Xizhi, Preface to the Poems Composed at the Orchid Pavilion
- Hòu zhī lǎn zhě, yì jiāng yǒu gǎn yú sī wén. [Pinyin]
- For the people who read this in future generations, perhaps you will likewise be moved by this text.
后之揽者，亦将有感于斯文。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
- (literary) this text
Derived terms
Proper noun
斯文
- a transliteration of the Swedish male given name Sven