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原文

原文

Chinese

		former; original; primary former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source	language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
simp. and trad. (原文)		原	文

Noun

原文

original text

Japanese

Kanji in this term
原	文
げん Grade: 2	ぶん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

From gen (原, original) + bun (文, writings)

Noun

原文 ‎(hiragana げんぶん, romaji genbun)

text, original text

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): yuánwén

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ ㄨㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ man⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngièn-vùn / ngiàn-vùn
Min Nan (POJ): goân-bûn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: yuánwén
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ ㄨㄣˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuanwen
  - IPA ^(key): /y̯ɛn³⁵ u̯ən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyun⁴ man⁴
  - Yale: yùhn màhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ man⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ mɐn²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngièn-vùn
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngienˇ vunˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngian² vun²
  - IPA: /ɲi̯en¹¹ vun¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiàn-vùn
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngianˇ vunˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngian² vun²
  - IPA: /ɲi̯an¹¹ vun¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goân-bûn
  - Tâi-lô: guân-bûn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: goanbuun
  - IPA (Xiamen): /guan²⁴⁻²² bun²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /guan²⁴⁻²² bun²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /guan¹³⁻²² bun¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /guan²⁴⁻¹¹ bun²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /guan²³⁻³³ bun²³/