人文

Chinese

		man; person; people	language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
simp. and trad. (人文)		人	文
anagram		文人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rénwén

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ man⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): jîn-bûn / lîn-bûn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rénwén
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rénwún
    • Wade–Giles: jên²-wên²
    • Yale: rén-wén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renwen
    • Palladius: жэньвэнь (žɛnʹvɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ wən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jan⁴ man⁴
    • Yale: yàhn màhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ man⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ men⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ mɐn²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 人文 人民

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jîn-bûn
    • Tâi-lô: jîn-bûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jinbuun
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zin²³⁻³³ bun²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zin¹³⁻²² bun¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn-bûn
    • Tâi-lô: lîn-bûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: linbuun
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /lin²⁴⁻²² bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lin²⁴⁻¹¹ bun²⁴/

Noun

人文

1. humanities; letters; belles-lettres (as in "science and letters")

   北京大學人文學部 [MSC, trad.]
   北京大学人文学部 [MSC, simp.]

   Běijīng Dàxué Rénwén Xuébù [Pinyin]

   Division of Humanities, Peking University

2. human affairs

   人文交流  ―  rénwén jiāoliú  ―  people-to-people exchange

3. culture; the arts

Synonyms

• (humanities): 文學／文学 (wénxué), 文科 (wénkē)

Derived terms

• 人文主義／人文主义 (rénwén zhǔyì)
• 人文學／人文学 (rénwénxué)
• 人文景觀／人文景观 (rénwén jǐngguān)
• 人文科學／人文科学 (rénwén kēxué)
• 人文精神 (rénwén jīngshén)
• 人文關懷／人文关怀 (rénwén guānhuái)
• 數字人文／数字人文 (shùzì rénwén)

 

See also

• (not to be confused with) 文人 (wénrén)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
人	文
じん Grade: 1	ぶん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) じんぶん [jìńbúń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑĩmbɯ̟̃ᵝɴ]

Noun

人(じん)文(ぶん) • (jinbun) 

1. the humanities

Korean

Hanja in this term
人	文

Noun

人文 • (inmun) (hangeul 인문)

1. Hanja form^? of 인문 (“humanities”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
人	文

Noun

人文

1. chữ Hán form of nhân văn (“humanities”).

Adjective

人文

1. chữ Hán form of nhân văn (“humanist; humanistic”).