文房

文房

Chinese

		language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle	house
trad. (文房)		文	房
simp. #(文房)		文	房

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wénfáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˊ ㄈㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁴ fong⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: wénfáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄈㄤˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wenfarng
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúnfáng
    • IPA ^(key): /wən³⁵ fɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: man⁴ fong⁴
    • Yale: màhn fòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: man⁴ fong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: men⁴ fong⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /mɐn²¹ fɔːŋ²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 民房 民防

Noun

文房

1. (formal) study (room)
2. (archaic) department in charge of official documents and correspondence
3. (Vietnam) office

Usage notes

In Chinese, the common word for study (as in a room designated for reading or writing) is 書房／书房 (shūfáng); its 雅稱／雅称 (yǎchēng, “elegant name”) is 書齋／书斋 (shūzhāi), or 文房 (wénfáng).

Synonyms

• (study): 書房／书房 (shūfáng), 書齋／书斋 (shūzhāi); (Min Nan) 冊房／册房, 寫字房／写字房

Derived terms

文房四寶／文房四宝 (wénfángsìbǎo)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
文	房
ぶん Grade: 1	ぼう Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

/bunbau/ → /bunbɔː/ → /bunboː/

From Middle Chinese 文房 (MC mɨun bʉɐŋ, literally “literature, studies, writing + room, area”). Uses the kan'on reading for the first character, so possibly a later borrowing.

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) ぶんぼー [bùńbóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [bɯ̟̃ᵝmbo̞ː]

Noun

文房 (hiragana ぶんぼう, rōmaji bunbō, historical hiragana ぶんばう)

1. a study, an office

   Synonym: 書斎 (shosai)

See also

• 文 (ぶん)房 (ぼう)具 (ぐ) (bunbōgu)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja in this term
文	房

Noun

文房 • (munbang) (hangeul 문방)

1. Hanja form^? of 문방 (“study (room)”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
文	房

Noun

文房

1. Hán tự form of văn phòng (“office”).