經文

See also: 经文

Chinese

		classics; sacred book; pass through classics; sacred book; pass through; to undergo; scripture	language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
trad. (經文)		經	文
simp. (经文)		经	文

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jīngwén

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥㄨㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ging¹ man⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kîn-vùn
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): keng-bûn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jīngwén
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥㄨㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jingwún
  - Wade–Giles: ching¹-wên²
  - Yale: jīng-wén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jingwen
  - Palladius: цзинвэнь (czinvɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ wən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ging¹ man⁴
  - Yale: gīng màhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ging¹ man⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ging¹ men⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪŋ⁵⁵ mɐn²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kîn-vùn
  - Hakka Romanization System: gin^ˊ vun^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gin¹ vun²
  - Sinological IPA: /kin²⁴ vun¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: keng-bûn
  - Tâi-lô: king-bûn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kengbuun
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² bun²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɪŋ³³ bun²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² bun¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ bun²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ bun²³/

Noun

經文

text from the Confucian classics
passage from religious scriptures (Classifier: 段 m c)
今天讀經的經文取自詩篇第二十三篇。 [MSC, trad.]
今天读经的经文取自诗篇第二十三篇。 [MSC, simp.]
Jīntiān dújīng de jīngwén qǔ zì Shīpiān dì èrshísān piān. [Pinyin]
Today's passage for scripture reading is taken from Psalm 23.

Derived terms

經文歌 / 经文歌
經文緯武 / 经文纬武
緯武經文 / 纬武经文
講經文 / 讲经文

Related terms

釋文／释文 (shìwén)
疏文 (shūwén)
注文 (zhùwén)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (經文):

→ Japanese: 経(きょう)文(もん) (kyōmon)
→ Korean: 경문(經文) (gyeongmun)