日文

日文

Chinese

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rìwén

  (Zhuyin): ㄖˋ ㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat⁶ man^4-2
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngit-vùn
• Min Nan (POJ): li̍t-bûn / ji̍t-bûn
• Wu (Wiktionary): zeq ven (T5)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: rìwén
    • Zhuyin: ㄖˋ ㄨㄣˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ryhwen
    • IPA ^(key): /ʐ̩⁵¹ u̯ən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat⁶ man^4-2
    • Yale: yaht mán
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁹ man^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed⁶ men²
    • IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚² mɐn²¹⁻³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngit-vùn
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngid` vunˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngid⁵ vun²
    • IPA: /ɲit̚² vun¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: li̍t-bûn
    • Tâi-lô: li̍t-bûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lidbuun
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /lit̚⁴⁻³² bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lit̚²⁴⁻²² bun²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ji̍t-bûn
    • Tâi-lô: ji̍t-bûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jidbuun
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ʑit̚⁴⁻³² bun²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ʑit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ bun¹³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: zeq ven (T5)
    • IPA ^(key): /z̻əʔ¹¹ v̻əɲ²³/

Etymology 1

		Japan	language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
simp. and trad. (日文)		日	文

Noun

日文

1. Japanese language (especially written)

Usage notes

• 日文 (rìwén) is more commonly used in written contexts, whilst 日語／日语 (rìyǔ) is more common in spoken contexts. Like Nihongo in English, 日本語／日本语 (rìběnyǔ) is usually restricted to linguistic and language learning contexts.

Synonyms

• 日語／日语 (rìyǔ)
• 日本語／日本语 (rìběnyǔ)
• 日本話／日本话 (rìběnhuà)

Etymology 2

		Spain (short for 日斯巴尼亞)	language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
simp. and trad. (日文)		日	文

Noun

日文

1. (obsolete) Spanish language

   南美各國多用日文而日國與之並無通商條約 [MSC, trad.]
   南美各国多用日文而日国与之并无通商条约 [MSC, simp.]

   From: 外交公報, 1921

   Nánměi gèguó duō yòng rìwén ér Rìguó yǔ zhī bìng wú tōngshāng tiáoyuē [Pinyin]

   (please add an English translation of this example)