說文

說文

Chinese

		to speak; to say; persuade (politically)	language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
trad. (說文)		說	文
simp. (说文)		说	文

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Shuōwén

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄛ ㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syut³ man⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: Shuōwén
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄛ ㄨㄣˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shuowen
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ u̯ən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: syut³ man⁴
    • Yale: syut màhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: syt⁸ man⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xud³ men⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /ʃyːt̚³ mɐn²¹/

Proper noun

說文

1. Short for 說文解字／说文解字 (Shuōwén Jiězì, “Shuowen Jiezi”).