古文

古文

Chinese

		ancient; old	language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
simp. and trad. (古文)		古	文

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǔwén

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ ㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gu² man⁴, gu² man^4-2
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kú-vùn
• Min Nan (POJ): kó͘-bûn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: gǔwén
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄨㄣˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guuwen
    • IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ u̯ən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gu² man⁴, gu² man^4-2
    • Yale: gú màhn, gú mán
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gu² man⁴, gu² man^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: gu² men⁴, gu² men²
    • IPA ^(key): /kuː³⁵ mɐn²¹/, /kuː³⁵ mɐn²¹⁻³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kú-vùn
    • Hakka Romanization System: gu` vunˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gu³ vun²
    • IPA: /ku³¹ vun¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kó͘-bûn
    • Tâi-lô: kóo-bûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kofbuun
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bun¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bun²³/

Noun

古文

1. Classical Chinese
2. Literary Chinese
3. Chinese classics
4. (writing, palaeography) ancient Chinese characters

Derived terms

古文觀止／古文观止 (Gǔwén Guānzhǐ)

See also

• 今文 (jīnwén)
• 金文 (jīnwén)
• 鐘鼎文／钟鼎文 (zhōngdǐngwén)

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
古	文

Noun

古文

1. Hán tự form of cổ văn (“ancient literature; Classical Chinese”).