文言文

Chinese

			language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
simp. and trad. (文言文)		文言	文

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wényánwén

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˊ ㄧㄢˊ ㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁴ jin⁴ man^4-2
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vùn-ngièn-vùn / vùn-ngiàn-vùn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bûn-giân-bûn
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶ven-ghe-ven

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wényánwén
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄧㄢˊ ㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúnyánwún
    • Wade–Giles: wên²-yen²-wên²
    • Yale: wén-yán-wén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wenyanwen
    • Palladius: вэньяньвэнь (vɛnʹjanʹvɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən³⁵ jɛn³⁵ wən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: man⁴ jin⁴ man^4-2
    • Yale: màhn yìhn mán
    • Cantonese Pinyin: man⁴ jin⁴ man^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: men⁴ yin⁴ men^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²¹ jiːn²¹ mɐn²¹⁻³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vùn-ngièn-vùn
    • Hakka Romanization System: vunˇ ngienˇ vunˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vun² ngian² vun²
    • Sinological IPA: /vun¹¹ ŋi̯en¹¹ vun¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vùn-ngiàn-vùn
    • Hakka Romanization System: vunˇ ngianˇ vunˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vun² ngian² vun²
    • Sinological IPA: /vun¹¹ ŋi̯an¹¹ vun¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bûn-giân-bûn
    • Tâi-lô: bûn-giân-bûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bun'gienbuun
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bun²⁴⁻²² ɡiɛn²⁴⁻²² bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bun²⁴⁻²² ɡiɛn²⁴⁻²² bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bun¹³⁻²² ɡiɛn¹³⁻²² bun¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bun²⁴⁻¹¹ ɡiɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bun²³⁻³³ ɡiɛn²³⁻³³ bun²³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶ven-ghe-ven
    • MiniDict: ven^去 ghe ven
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³ven-hhe-ven
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /vən²² ɦe⁵⁵ vən²¹/

Noun

文言文

1. Classical Chinese
2. Classical Chinese texts

Synonyms

• (Classical Chinese): 古文 (gǔwén)
• (Classical Chinese texts): 古文 (gǔwén)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “Classical Chinese”): 白話文／白话文 (báihuàwén), 語體文／语体文 (yǔtǐwén)