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駢文

駢文

See also: 骈文

Chinese

		literary style	language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
trad. (駢文)		駢	文
simp. (骈文)		骈	文

Noun

駢文

a rhythmical prose style characterized by parallelism and ornateness

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): piánwén

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄢˊ ㄨㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pin⁴ man⁴, ping⁴ man⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: piánwén
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄢˊ ㄨㄣˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyanwen
  - IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ɛn³⁵ u̯ən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: pin⁴ man⁴, ping⁴ man⁴
  - Yale: pìhn màhn, pìhng màhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pin⁴ man⁴, ping⁴ man⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /pʰiːn²¹ mɐn²¹/, /pʰɪŋ²¹ mɐn²¹/