語文

See also: 语文

Chinese

		speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to	language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
trad. (語文)		語	文
simp. (语文)		语	文

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǔwén

(Zhuyin): ㄩˇ ㄨㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁵ man⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): ngî-vùn

(Meixian, Guangdong): ngi¹ vun²
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gy³ mong² / gy³ muong²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): gír-bûn / gú-bûn / gí-bûn

(Teochew, Peng'im): ghe² bhung⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǔwén
  - Zhuyin: ㄩˇ ㄨㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǔwún
  - Wade–Giles: yü³-wên²
  - Yale: yǔ-wén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeuwen
  - Palladius: юйвэнь (jujvɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y²¹⁴⁻²¹ wən³⁵/
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyu⁵ man⁴
  - Yale: yúh màhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁵ man⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yu⁵ men⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː¹³ mɐn²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngî-vùn
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngi^ˊ vun^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngi¹ vun²
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋi²⁴ vun¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: ngi¹ vun²
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋi⁴⁴⁻³⁵ ʋun¹¹/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: gy³ mong² [Phonetic: gy² mong²]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: gṳ̂-meóng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ky⁴⁵³⁻¹³ mɔŋ¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: gy³ muong² [Phonetic: gy¹ muong²]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ky³³²⁻⁵⁵ muoŋ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gír-bûn
  - Tâi-lô: gír-bûn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡɯ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bun²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gú-bûn
  - Tâi-lô: gú-bûn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gw'buun
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /ɡu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bun²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou, Philippines, Jinjiang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gí-bûn
  - Tâi-lô: gí-bûn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gy'buun
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bun²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bun¹³/
  - IPA (Philippines, Jinjiang): /ɡi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bun²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ghe² bhung⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: gṳ́ bûng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɡɯ⁵²⁻³⁵ buŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

語文

literary usage of a language (as opposed to slang or colloquialism)
language and script
language and literature
(Mainland China) Chinese language and literature (as a subject at school)

Synonyms

(Chinese language and literature): (Taiwan) 國文／国文 (guówén); (Hong Kong, formal) 中國語文 / 中国语文 (zung¹ gwok³ jyu⁵ man⁴), (Hong Kong, colloquial) 中文

Derived terms

語文學 / 语文学 (yǔwénxué)

Related terms

書寫系統／书写系统 (shūxiě xìtǒng)
文學／文学 (wénxué)
文字 (wénzì)
語言／语言 (yǔyán)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (語文):

→ Korean: 어문(語文) (eomun)
→ Vietnamese: ngữ văn (語文)

Others:

→ Zhuang: yijvwnz

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
語	文

Han character

語文: Hán Nôm readings: ngữ văn

chữ Hán form of ngữ văn (“philology or language and literature (as a subject at school)”)