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要聞

要聞

See also: 要闻

Chinese

		important; vital; to want important; vital; to want; to be going to; must; demand; ask; request; coerce	hear; news; celebrated hear; news; celebrated; sniff at
trad. (要聞)		要	聞
simp. (要闻)		要	闻

Noun

要聞

important news; front-page story

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): yàowén

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˋ ㄨㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu³ man⁴
Min Nan (POJ): iàu-bûn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: yàowén
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˋ ㄨㄣˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yawwen
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ u̯ən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jiu³ man⁴
  - Yale: yiu màhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jiu³ man⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯³³ mɐn²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iàu-bûn
  - Tâi-lô: iàu-bûn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iao'buun
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iaʊ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ bun²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iaʊ²¹⁻⁵³ bun²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iaʊ²¹⁻⁵³ bun¹³/