文盲

Chinese

		language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle	blind
trad. (文盲)		文	盲
simp. #(文盲)		文	盲
anagram		盲文

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): wénmáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˊ ㄇㄤˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): wen² mang² / wen² mang³

• Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁴ maang⁴

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vùn-mòng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bûn-bông
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶ven-maon

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wénmáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄇㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúnmáng
    • Wade–Giles: wên²-mang²
    • Yale: wén-máng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wenmang
    • Palladius: вэньман (vɛnʹman)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən³⁵ mɑŋ³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: wen² mang² / wen² mang³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: wenmang / wenmang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /uən²¹ maŋ²¹/, /uən²¹ maŋ⁵³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: man⁴ maang⁴
    • Yale: màhn màahng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: man⁴ maang⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: men⁴ mang⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²¹ maːŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vùn-mòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: vunˇ mongˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vun² mong²
    • Sinological IPA: /vun¹¹ moŋ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bûn-bông
    • Tâi-lô: bûn-bông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bunboong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bun²⁴⁻²² bɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bun²⁴⁻²² bɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bun¹³⁻²² bɔŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bun²⁴⁻¹¹ bɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bun²³⁻³³ bɔŋ²³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶ven-maon
    • MiniDict: ven^去 maon
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³ven-maan
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /vən²² mɑ̃⁴⁴/

Noun

文盲

1. illiterate (person unable to read)
2. illiteracy (inability to read)

   掃除文盲／扫除文盲  ―  sǎochú wénmáng  ―  to eliminate illiteracy

Synonyms

• (illiterate):

Dialectal synonyms of 文盲 (“illiterate person”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		文盲, 睜眼瞎, 睜眼瞎子
Mandarin	Beijing	文盲, 睜眼瞎子, 睜眼兒瞎
	Taiwan	文盲
	Tianjin	文盲, 睜眼兒瞎
	Tangshan	文盲, 睜眼瞎
	Cangzhou	文盲, 睜眼兒瞎子
	Baoding	文盲
	Shijiazhuang	不識字的
	Chifeng	文盲, 睜眼瞎子
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	文盲, 不認字的
	Harbin	文盲, 睜眼瞎, 睜眼瞎子
	Shenyang	文盲, 不識字兒的, 睜眼兒瞎子
	Yantai (Muping)	文盲, 睜眼兒瞎子
	Qingdao	文盲
	Jinan	文盲, 不識字兒的
	Wanrong	文盲, 睜眼瞎子
	Zhengzhou	文盲, 睜眼兒瞎
	Xi'an	文盲, 不識字的, 睜眼瞎子
	Yinchuan	文盲, 睜眼瞎子, 瞎漢
	Lanzhou	文盲, 不識字的, 睜眼瞎, 睜眼瞎子
	Xining	文盲, 文盲大爺, 不識字的
	Ürümqi	文盲, 睜眼兒瞎子, 睜眼瞎子
	Wuhan	文盲, 睜眼瞎子, 不認得字的, 認不得字的
	Chengdu	文盲, 睜眼瞎, 睜眼瞎子, 黑眼窩, 認不倒字的, 不認字的
	Guiyang	文盲, 認不倒字的, 睜眼瞎
	Kunming	文盲, 睜眼瞎
	Guilin	文盲
	Liuzhou	文盲, 沒認得字的, 睜眼瞎, 青光眼
	Xuzhou	文盲, 睜眼兒瞎子, 睜眼瞎子, 睜眼兒瞎兒, 睜眼瞎兒, 睜眼瞎
	Yangzhou	文盲, 不識字的, 睜眼瞎子
	Nanjing	文盲, 睜眼瞎, 不認得字的, 不識字的
	Hefei	文盲
	Nantong	文盲, 不識字的
Cantonese	Guangzhou	文盲
	Hong Kong	文盲
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	唔識字嘅
	Macau	文盲
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	文盲
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	文盲
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	文盲
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	文盲
	Foshan	文盲
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	文盲
	Foshan (Shunde)	文盲
	Foshan (Sanshui)	文盲
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	文盲
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	文盲
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	文盲, 唔識字
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	文盲
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	文盲
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	唔識字
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	唔識字
	Taishan	唔識字
	Kaiping (Chikan)	唔識字
	Enping (Niujiang)	唔識字
	Heshan (Yayao)	文盲
	Dongguan	文盲, 唔識字個
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	文盲
Hakka	Meixian	唔識字個
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	無識字, 文盲
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	文盲
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	文盲
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	文盲
	Conghua (Lütian)	盲豬牯
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	文盲
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	文盲
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	文盲
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	文盲
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	文盲
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	文盲
Huizhou	Shexian	文盲, 一字不識的
Jin	Taiyuan	文盲, 瞎漢, 不識字的
	Xinzhou	文盲, 睜眼瞎子, 瞎漢
	Linhe	文盲, 睜眼瞎子
	Jining	睜眼瞎子
	Hohhot	文盲, 睜眼瞎子
	Zhangjiakou	不識字的, 睜眼瞎子
	Handan	文盲
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	青盲牛
Southern Min	Xiamen	青盲牛
	Quanzhou	青盲牛
	Jinjiang	青盲牛
	Dehua	青盲牛
	Zhangzhou	青盲牛
	Kaohsiung	青盲牛
	Yilan	青盲牛
	Changhua (Lukang)	毋捌字
	Taichung	青盲牛
	Taichung (Wuqi)	青盲牛
	Tainan	青盲牛
	Taitung	青盲牛
	Hsinchu	青盲牛
	Penghu (Magong)	青盲牛
	Leizhou	無捌字個
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	文盲
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	文盲, 冇識字嘅
Wu	Shanghai	文盲, 勿識字個, 有眼瞎子, 亮眼瞎子
	Suzhou	文盲, 勿識字個
	Danyang	文盲, 白眼瞎
	Ningbo	亮眼瞎子
	Wenzhou	光眼瞙瞊
	Jinhua	認弗著字個
Xiang	Changsha	光眼瞎子, 光眼瞎, 不認得字的
	Loudi	光眼瞎子

Derived terms

• 半文盲 (bànwénmáng)
• 掃盲／扫盲 (sǎománg)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
文	盲
もん Grade: 1	もう Grade: S
on’yomi

Noun

文(もん)盲(もう) • (monmō) 

1. (dated) person unable to read; an illiterate
2. (dated) inability to read; illiteracy

Synonyms

• (an illiterate): 非(ひ)識(しき)字(じ)者(しゃ) (hishikijisha)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “illiteracy”): 識(しき)字(じ) (shikiji)

Related terms

• 非(ひ)識(しき)字(じ) (hishikiji)

Korean

Hanja in this term
文	盲

Noun

文盲 • (munmaeng) (hangeul 문맹)

1. Hanja form^? of 문맹 (“illiteracy”).