文人

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wénrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˊ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁴ jan⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vùn-ngìn
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bûn-lîn / bûn-jîn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bhung⁵ ring⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wénrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúnrén
    • Wade–Giles: wên²-jên²
    • Yale: wén-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wenren
    • Palladius: вэньжэнь (vɛnʹžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən³⁵ ʐən³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: man⁴ jan⁴
    • Yale: màhn yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: man⁴ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: men⁴ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²¹ jɐn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vùn-ngìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: vunˇ nginˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vun² ngin²
    • Sinological IPA: /vun¹¹ ŋin¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bûn-lîn
    • Tâi-lô: bûn-lîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bunliin
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen): /bun²⁴⁻²² lin²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bun²⁴⁻¹¹ lin²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bûn-jîn
    • Tâi-lô: bûn-jîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bunjiin
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bun¹³⁻²² d͡zin¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bun²³⁻³³ zin²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bhung⁵ ring⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bûng jîng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /buŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ d͡ziŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

文人

1. scholar; intellectual; man of letters

Synonyms

• 人士 (rénshì) (literary)
• 儒生 (rúshēng) (literary)
• 士人 (shìrén) (literary)
• 學人／学人 (xuérén)
• 學士／学士 (xuéshì)
• 學者／学者 (xuézhě)
• 文人墨客 (wénrénmòkè)
• 文士 (wénshì)
• 書生／书生 (shūshēng)
• 知識人／知识人
• 知識分子／知识分子
• 秀才 (xiùcái)
• 讀冊人／读册人 (Hokkien)
• 讀書人／读书人 (dúshūrén)
• 騷人／骚人 (sāorén)
• 騷人墨客／骚人墨客 (sāorénmòkè)
• 騷客／骚客 (sāokè)
• 墨客 (mòkè)

 

See also

• (not to be confused with) 人文 (rénwén)

Japanese

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

Kanji in this term
文	人
ふみ Grade: 1	ひと Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Noun

文(ぶん)人(じん) • (bunjin) 

1. intellectual

Proper noun

文(ふみ)人(ひと) • (Fumihito) 

1. a male given name