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語文

語文

See also: 语文

Chinese

		dialect; language; speech dialect; language; speech; tell to	language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
trad. (語文)		語	文
simp. (语文)		语	文

Noun

語文

literary usage of a language (as opposed to slang or colloquialism)
Chinese language and literature (as a subject at school)

Derived terms

語文學／语文学 (yǔwénxué)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): yǔwén

(Zhuyin): ㄩˇ ㄨㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁵ man⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngî-vùn
Min Nan (POJ): gír-bûn / gú-bûn / gí-bûn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: yǔwén
  - Zhuyin: ㄩˇ ㄨㄣˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeuwen
  - IPA ^(key): /y²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ u̯ən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyu⁵ man⁴
  - Yale: yúh màhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁵ man⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /jyː¹³ mɐn²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngî-vùn
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngi´ vunˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngi¹ vun²
  - IPA: /ɲi²⁴ vun¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gír-bûn
  - Tâi-lô: gír-bûn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /gɯ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bun²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gú-bûn
  - Tâi-lô: gú-bûn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gw'buun
  - IPA (Taipei): /gu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bun²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /gu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bun²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gí-bûn
  - Tâi-lô: gí-bûn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gy'buun
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /gi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bun²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /gi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bun¹³/