洋文

Chinese

		ocean; foreign	language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
simp. and trad. (洋文)		洋	文

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yángwén

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˊ ㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng⁴ man⁴, joeng⁴ man^4-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yángwén
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˊ ㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yángwún
    • Wade–Giles: yang²-wên²
    • Yale: yáng-wén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yangwen
    • Palladius: янвэнь (janvɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ³⁵ wən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: joeng⁴ man⁴, joeng⁴ man^4-2
    • Yale: yèuhng màhn, yèuhng mán
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joeng⁴ man⁴, joeng⁴ man^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêng⁴ men⁴, yêng⁴ men^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːŋ²¹ mɐn²¹/, /jœːŋ²¹ mɐn²¹⁻³⁵/

Noun

洋文

1. (written) foreign language, especially a Western language

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 番仔字

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
洋	文
ひろ Grade: 3	ふみ Grade: 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [çiɾo̞ɸɯ̟ᵝmʲi]

Proper noun

洋(ひろ)文(ふみ) • (Hirofumi) 

1. a male given name

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
洋	文
よう Grade: 3	ぶん Grade: 1
goon

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) よーぶん [yòóbúń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [jo̞ːbɯ̟̃ᵝɴ]

• Homophone: 養分

Noun

洋(よう)文(ぶん) • (yōbun) 

1. Western word or sentence
2. calque from a Western word