"文" meaning in Chinese

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Character

IPA: /wən³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /uən²¹/ [Chengdu, Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /vəŋ²⁴/ [Dungan, Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /mɐn²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /mɐn²¹⁻³⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ᵐbun²²/ [Sinological-IPA, Taicheng, Taishanese], /un³⁵/ [Gan, Nanchang, Sinological-IPA], /vun¹¹/ [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /ʋun¹¹/ [Hakka, Meixian, Sinological-IPA], /və̃ŋ¹¹/ [Jin, Sinological-IPA, Taiyuan], /uɔŋ²¹/ [Jian'ou, Sinological-IPA], /uŋ⁵³/ [Fuzhou, Sinological-IPA], /bun²¹³/ [Hokkien, Zhangpu], /bun²³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /bun²⁴/ [Hokkien, Jinjiang, Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen], /bun¹³/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /buŋ⁵⁵/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /u̯ən¹³/ [Changsha, Sinological-IPA, Xiang], /wən³⁵/, /uən²¹/, /vəŋ²⁴/, /mɐn²¹/, /mɐn²¹⁻³⁵/, /ᵐbun²²/, /un³⁵/, /vun¹¹/, /ʋun¹¹/, /və̃ŋ¹¹/, /uɔŋ²¹/, /uŋ⁵³/, /bun²¹³/, /bun²³/, /bun²⁴/, /bun¹³/, /buŋ⁵⁵/, /vən²³/, /u̯ən¹³/ Chinese transliterations: wén [Mandarin, Pinyin, standard], wen² [Mandarin, Pinyin, standard], ㄨㄣˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], wen² [Chengdu, Mandarin, Pinyin, Sichuanese], вын [Cyrillic, Dungan, Mandarin, Wiktionary-specific], vɨn [Cyrillic, Dungan, Mandarin, Wiktionary-specific], I [Cyrillic, Dungan, Mandarin, Wiktionary-specific], man⁴ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Jyutping], man⁴⁻² [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Jyutping], mun³ [Cantonese, Taishan, Wiktionary-specific], un⁴ [Gan, Wiktionary-specific], vùn [Hakka, PFS, Sixian], vun² [Guangdong, Hakka, Meixian], veng¹ [Jin, Wiktionary-specific], uǒ̤ng, ùng, bûn [Hokkien, POJ], bhung⁵ [Peng'im, Teochew], ⁶ven, un², wén [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], ㄨㄣˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], wún [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], wên² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], wén [Mandarin, Yale], wen [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], вэнь [Mandarin, Palladius], vɛnʹ [Mandarin, Palladius], wen [Chengdu, Latinxua-Sin-Wenz, Mandarin], man⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], man⁴⁻² [Cantonese, Jyutping], màhn [Cantonese, Yale], mán [Cantonese, Yale], man⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], man⁴⁻² [Cantonese, Pinyin], men⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], men⁴⁻² [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], mun³ [Taicheng, Taishanese, Wiktionary-specific], un⁴ [Gan, Nanchang, Wiktionary-specific], vùn [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], vunˇ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], vun² [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], veng¹ [Jin, Taiyuan, Wiktionary-specific], uǒ̤ng [Jian'ou, Kienning-Colloquial-Romanized], ùng [Foochow-Romanized, Fuzhou], bûn [Hokkien, Tai-lo], buun [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], bûng [POJ, Teochew], ⁶ven [Wu], ven^去 [Wu], ³ven [Wu], /vən²³/ [Wu], un² [Changsha, Wiktionary-specific, Xiang], mjun [Middle-Chinese], /*mə[n]/ [Baxter-Sagart, Old-Chinese], /*mɯn/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang]
Head templates: {{head|zh|hanzi}} 文
  1. Original form of 紋/纹 (wén, “mark, pattern, design, tattoo, decoration”). Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-文-zh-character-cPMDyCQz
  2. Original form of 紋/纹 (wén rú lí, “to tattoo”).
    Sense id: en-文-zh-character-XR8Y1w3x
  3. writing; literary composition; literature (Classifier: 篇 c)
    Sense id: en-文-zh-character-Qt4~vCBl Categories (other): Chinese nouns classified by 篇
  4. official document
    Sense id: en-文-zh-character-sA2-mOtp
  5. literary language; Literary Chinese
    Sense id: en-文-zh-character-pO9x3kxk Categories (other): Chinese classifiers, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Eastern Min classifiers, Northern Min classifiers, Pages with raw sortkeys Disambiguation of Chinese classifiers: 1 1 19 4 32 5 0 4 0 1 2 2 2 1 3 16 2 1 5 Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 5 3 36 11 0 17 0 1 1 0 3 4 7 3 5 1 3 0 Disambiguation of Eastern Min classifiers: 1 1 10 3 34 9 1 7 0 1 1 1 3 3 9 8 4 0 6 Disambiguation of Northern Min classifiers: 1 1 10 3 33 9 1 7 0 1 1 1 3 3 9 8 4 0 6 Disambiguation of Pages with raw sortkeys: 1 0 3 1 11 4 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 3 3 1 2 0 2 0 0 2 5 0 3 1 1 2 2 3 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 2 2 2 4 0 1 1 1 4 4 2 4 4 4
  6. Short for 文讀/文读 (wéndú, “literary reading”). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: 文讀 (extra: wéndú, “literary reading”), 文读 (extra: wéndú, “literary reading”)
    Sense id: en-文-zh-character-af7VNhvv
  7. script; written form
    Sense id: en-文-zh-character-Y5HGtlAu
  8. (written) language Tags: literary
    Sense id: en-文-zh-character-pO8wS6Qq
  9. culture
    Sense id: en-文-zh-character-8ZR~ef37
  10. liberal arts; humanities
    Sense id: en-文-zh-character-YZitmOeC
  11. natural or social phenomenon
    Sense id: en-文-zh-character-BqamC~3t
  12. ritual; etiquette
    Sense id: en-文-zh-character-Zlmdk-y~
  13. of a government position, non-military: civil, civilian
    Sense id: en-文-zh-character-7~XJ9Fcf
  14. gentle; refined
    Sense id: en-文-zh-character-EObFMa~B
  15. 47th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "pattern, repetition" (𝌴)
    Sense id: en-文-zh-character-n0sKO2ID
  16. (archaic) Classifier for coins. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-文-zh-character-G7m50ksf
  17. (numismatics) mill (a tenth of a cent) Categories (topical): Currency
    Sense id: en-文-zh-character-kidItXVH Categories (other): Pages using lite templates Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, numismatics
  18. (~日) (telegraphy) the twelfth day of a month Categories (topical): Telegraphy
    Sense id: en-文-zh-character-JGVdNclj
  19. a surname
    Sense id: en-文-zh-character-v2O7m9sM Categories (other): Chinese surnames

Character

IPA: /wən³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /wən⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /mɐn²²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /wən³⁵/, /wən⁵¹/, /mɐn²²/ Chinese transliterations: wén [Mandarin, Pinyin], wèn [Mandarin, Pinyin], wen² [Mandarin, Pinyin], wen⁴ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄨㄣˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], ㄨㄣˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], man⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], wén [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], wún [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], wên² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], wén [Mandarin, Yale], wen [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], вэнь [Mandarin, Palladius], vɛnʹ [Mandarin, Palladius], wèn [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], wùn [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], wên⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], wèn [Mandarin, Yale], wenn [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], mahn [Cantonese, Yale], man⁶ [Cantonese, Pinyin], men⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Head templates: {{head|zh|hanzi}} 文
  1. to cover
    Sense id: en-文-zh-character-HmfwMVjo

Download JSON data for 文 meaning in Chinese (15.8kB)

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          "text": "文如貍/文如狸 [Classical Chinese] ― wén rú lí [Pinyin] ― having a pattern like that of a wild cat",
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        ],
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          "pattern",
          "pattern"
        ],
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          "design",
          "design"
        ],
        [
          "tattoo",
          "tattoo"
        ],
        [
          "decoration",
          "decoration"
        ]
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        {
          "english": "to tattoo",
          "roman": "wénshēn",
          "text": "文身",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "face tattoo",
          "roman": "wénmiàn",
          "text": "文面",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "Original form of 紋/纹 (wén rú lí, “to tattoo”)."
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          "紋",
          "紋#Chinese"
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          "纹",
          "纹#Chinese"
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        }
      ],
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        {
          "english": "article, essay",
          "roman": "wénzhāng",
          "text": "文章",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "prose",
          "roman": "sǎnwén",
          "text": "散文",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "(of writing or speech) to be beside the point; to be off-topic; to be irrelevant to the subject",
          "roman": "wénbùduìtí",
          "text": "文不對題/文不对题",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "This essay is written quite well.",
          "ref": "呢篇文寫得唔錯。 [Cantonese, trad.]",
          "text": "呢篇文写得唔错。 [Cantonese, simp.]\nni¹ pin¹ man⁴⁻² se² dak¹ m⁴ co³. [Jyutping]",
          "type": "example"
        }
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          "literary",
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          "composition",
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          "literature",
          "literature"
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        [
          "篇",
          "篇#Chinese"
        ]
      ]
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        "official document"
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      "id": "en-文-zh-character-sA2-mOtp",
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          "_dis": "1 1 19 4 32 5 0 4 0 1 2 2 2 1 3 16 2 1 5",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 1 5 3 36 11 0 17 0 1 1 0 3 4 7 3 5 1 3 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "_dis": "1 1 10 3 34 9 1 7 0 1 1 1 3 3 9 8 4 0 6",
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          "english": "half literary, half vernacular",
          "roman": "bànwénbànbái",
          "text": "半文半白",
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      "glosses": [
        "literary language; Literary Chinese"
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      "id": "en-文-zh-character-pO9x3kxk",
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          "literary",
          "literary"
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          "Literary Chinese",
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          "extra": "wéndú, “literary reading”",
          "word": "文读"
        }
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        "Short for 文讀/文读 (wéndú, “literary reading”)."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "文讀",
          "文讀#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "文读",
          "文读#Chinese"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "oracle bone script",
          "roman": "jiǎgǔwén",
          "text": "甲骨文",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Same ruts for carriages, same script for writing. (i.e., universal standards)",
          "ref": "書同文,車同軌。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]",
          "text": "书同文,车同轨。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nShū tóng wén, chē tóng guǐ. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "天城文 ― tiānchéngwén ― Devanagari",
          "type": "example"
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        "script; written form"
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      "id": "en-文-zh-character-Y5HGtlAu",
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          "script",
          "script"
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        [
          "written",
          "written"
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        [
          "form",
          "form"
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    {
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        {
          "word": "語"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "中文 ― zhōngwén ― Chinese",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "英文 ― yīngwén ― English",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
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      "id": "en-文-zh-character-pO8wS6Qq",
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          "language"
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        "(written) language"
      ],
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        "literary"
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        {
          "english": "culture",
          "roman": "wénhuà",
          "text": "文化",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "civilization",
          "roman": "wénmíng",
          "text": "文明",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "culture"
      ],
      "id": "en-文-zh-character-8ZR~ef37",
      "links": [
        [
          "culture",
          "culture"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "liberal arts; humanities"
      ],
      "id": "en-文-zh-character-YZitmOeC",
      "links": [
        [
          "liberal arts",
          "liberal arts"
        ],
        [
          "humanities",
          "humanities"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "天文 ― tiānwén ― astronomy",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "humanities; letters",
          "roman": "rénwén",
          "text": "人文",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "natural or social phenomenon"
      ],
      "id": "en-文-zh-character-BqamC~3t",
      "links": [
        [
          "natural",
          "natural"
        ],
        [
          "social",
          "social"
        ],
        [
          "phenomenon",
          "phenomenon"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "繁文縟節/繁文缛节 ― fánwénrùjié",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ritual; etiquette"
      ],
      "id": "en-文-zh-character-Zlmdk-y~",
      "links": [
        [
          "ritual",
          "ritual"
        ],
        [
          "etiquette",
          "etiquette"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "civilian post",
          "roman": "wénzhí",
          "text": "文職/文职",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "civil official",
          "roman": "wénguān",
          "text": "文官",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "civilian and military",
          "roman": "wénwǔ",
          "text": "文武",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "of a government position, non-military: civil, civilian"
      ],
      "id": "en-文-zh-character-7~XJ9Fcf",
      "links": [
        [
          "government",
          "government"
        ],
        [
          "position",
          "position"
        ],
        [
          "non",
          "non"
        ],
        [
          "military",
          "military"
        ],
        [
          "civil",
          "civil"
        ],
        [
          "civilian",
          "civilian"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "refined, cultured",
          "roman": "sīwén",
          "text": "斯文",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "elegant, refined",
          "roman": "wényǎ",
          "text": "文雅",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "gentle; refined"
      ],
      "id": "en-文-zh-character-EObFMa~B",
      "links": [
        [
          "gentle",
          "gentle"
        ],
        [
          "refined",
          "refined"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "47th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; \"pattern, repetition\" (𝌴)"
      ],
      "id": "en-文-zh-character-n0sKO2ID",
      "links": [
        [
          "tetragram",
          "tetragram"
        ],
        [
          "Taixuanjing",
          "Taixuanjing"
        ],
        [
          "𝌴",
          "𝌴"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "Classifier for coins."
      ],
      "id": "en-文-zh-character-G7m50ksf",
      "links": [
        [
          "coin",
          "coin"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) Classifier for coins."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using lite templates",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Currency",
          "orig": "zh:Currency",
          "parents": [
            "Money",
            "Business",
            "Economics",
            "Society",
            "Social sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "one mill",
          "roman": "yī wén",
          "text": "一文",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mill (a tenth of a cent)"
      ],
      "id": "en-文-zh-character-kidItXVH",
      "links": [
        [
          "numismatics",
          "numismatics"
        ],
        [
          "mill",
          "mill"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(numismatics) mill (a tenth of a cent)"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "numismatics"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Telegraphy",
          "orig": "zh:Telegraphy",
          "parents": [
            "Electronics",
            "Telecommunications",
            "Technology",
            "Communication",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "1938 Changsha fire",
          "roman": "Wénxī Dàhuǒ",
          "text": "文夕大火",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(telegraphy) the twelfth day of a month"
      ],
      "id": "en-文-zh-character-JGVdNclj",
      "links": [
        [
          "日",
          "日#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "telegraphy",
          "telegraphy"
        ],
        [
          "twelfth",
          "twelfth"
        ],
        [
          "day",
          "day"
        ],
        [
          "month",
          "month"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(~日) (telegraphy) the twelfth day of a month"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese surnames",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Wen Tianxiang (Chinese politician and poet in the last years of the Southern Song Dynasty)",
          "roman": "Wén Tiānxiáng",
          "text": "文天祥",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a surname"
      ],
      "id": "en-文-zh-character-v2O7m9sM",
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wen²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "Sichuanese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wen²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "Dungan",
        "Mandarin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "вын"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "Dungan",
        "Mandarin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vɨn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "Dungan",
        "Mandarin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "I"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "man⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "man⁴⁻²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taishan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mun³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "un⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vùn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangdong",
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vun²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "veng¹"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "uǒ̤ng"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "ùng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bûn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bhung⁵"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁶ven"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "un²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wún"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wên²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "вэнь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vɛnʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wən³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Latinxua-Sin-Wenz",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wen"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/uən²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vəŋ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Dungan",
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "man⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "man⁴⁻²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "màhn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "man⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "man⁴⁻²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "men⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "men⁴⁻²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɐn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɐn²¹⁻³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mun³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ᵐbun²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Nanchang",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "un⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/un³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Nanchang",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vùn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vunˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vun²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vun¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʋun¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Taiyuan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "veng¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/və̃ŋ¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taiyuan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jian'ou",
        "Kienning-Colloquial-Romanized"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "uǒ̤ng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/uɔŋ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Jian'ou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ùng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/uŋ⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bûn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "buun"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bun²¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangpu"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bun²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bun²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Jinjiang",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bun¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bûng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/buŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁶ven"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ven^去"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "³ven"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/vən²³/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Changsha",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "Xiang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "un²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u̯ən¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Changsha",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Xiang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mjun"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*mə[n]/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*mɯn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wən³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/uən²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vəŋ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɐn²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɐn²¹⁻³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ᵐbun²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/un³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vun¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʋun¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/və̃ŋ¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/uɔŋ²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/uŋ⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bun²¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bun²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bun²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bun¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/buŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vən²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u̯ən¹³/"
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    {
      "other": "[n]"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*mɯn/"
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wen²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wen⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
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      "zh-pron": "ㄨㄣˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
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        "Jyutping"
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    {
      "tags": [
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      "zh-pron": "wén"
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    {
      "tags": [
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      "zh-pron": "wún"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wên²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "вэнь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vɛnʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wən³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wèn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wùn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wên⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wèn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wenn"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wən⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
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        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mahn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "man⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "men⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɐn²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wən³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wən⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɐn²²/"
    }
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  "word": "文"
}
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    "Chinese adjectives",
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    "Chinese lemmas",
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    "Chinese proper nouns",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
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    "Eastern Min classifiers",
    "Eastern Min lemmas",
    "Eastern Min nouns",
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    "Eastern Min verbs",
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    {
      "categories": [
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        {
          "text": "文如貍/文如狸 [Classical Chinese] ― wén rú lí [Pinyin] ― having a pattern like that of a wild cat",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
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      "links": [
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          "紋",
          "紋#Chinese"
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          "纹",
          "纹#Chinese"
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          "design",
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      ],
      "tags": [
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    },
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      "categories": [
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      "examples": [
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          "english": "to tattoo",
          "roman": "wénshēn",
          "text": "文身",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "face tattoo",
          "roman": "wénmiàn",
          "text": "文面",
          "type": "example"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Original form of 紋/纹 (wén rú lí, “to tattoo”)."
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      "links": [
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          "紋",
          "紋#Chinese"
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      "categories": [
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        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
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        {
          "english": "article, essay",
          "roman": "wénzhāng",
          "text": "文章",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "prose",
          "roman": "sǎnwén",
          "text": "散文",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "(of writing or speech) to be beside the point; to be off-topic; to be irrelevant to the subject",
          "roman": "wénbùduìtí",
          "text": "文不對題/文不对题",
          "type": "example"
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        {
          "english": "This essay is written quite well.",
          "ref": "呢篇文寫得唔錯。 [Cantonese, trad.]",
          "text": "呢篇文写得唔错。 [Cantonese, simp.]\nni¹ pin¹ man⁴⁻² se² dak¹ m⁴ co³. [Jyutping]",
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        }
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          "english": "half literary, half vernacular",
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      "glosses": [
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      "links": [
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        ],
        [
          "Literary Chinese",
          "Literary Chinese"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "wéndú, “literary reading”",
          "word": "文讀"
        },
        {
          "extra": "wéndú, “literary reading”",
          "word": "文读"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Chinese short forms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Short for 文讀/文读 (wéndú, “literary reading”)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "文讀",
          "文讀#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "文读",
          "文读#Chinese"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Literary Chinese terms with usage examples",
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "oracle bone script",
          "roman": "jiǎgǔwén",
          "text": "甲骨文",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Same ruts for carriages, same script for writing. (i.e., universal standards)",
          "ref": "書同文,車同軌。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]",
          "text": "书同文,车同轨。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nShū tóng wén, chē tóng guǐ. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "天城文 ― tiānchéngwén ― Devanagari",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "script; written form"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "script",
          "script"
        ],
        [
          "written",
          "written"
        ],
        [
          "form",
          "form"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "語"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "中文 ― zhōngwén ― Chinese",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "英文 ― yīngwén ― English",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "language"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "written",
          "written"
        ],
        [
          "language",
          "language"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(written) language"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "culture",
          "roman": "wénhuà",
          "text": "文化",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "civilization",
          "roman": "wénmíng",
          "text": "文明",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "culture"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "culture",
          "culture"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "liberal arts; humanities"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "liberal arts",
          "liberal arts"
        ],
        [
          "humanities",
          "humanities"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "天文 ― tiānwén ― astronomy",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "humanities; letters",
          "roman": "rénwén",
          "text": "人文",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "natural or social phenomenon"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "natural",
          "natural"
        ],
        [
          "social",
          "social"
        ],
        [
          "phenomenon",
          "phenomenon"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples",
        "Requests for translations of Mandarin usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "繁文縟節/繁文缛节 ― fánwénrùjié",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ritual; etiquette"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ritual",
          "ritual"
        ],
        [
          "etiquette",
          "etiquette"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "civilian post",
          "roman": "wénzhí",
          "text": "文職/文职",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "civil official",
          "roman": "wénguān",
          "text": "文官",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "civilian and military",
          "roman": "wénwǔ",
          "text": "文武",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "of a government position, non-military: civil, civilian"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "government",
          "government"
        ],
        [
          "position",
          "position"
        ],
        [
          "non",
          "non"
        ],
        [
          "military",
          "military"
        ],
        [
          "civil",
          "civil"
        ],
        [
          "civilian",
          "civilian"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "refined, cultured",
          "roman": "sīwén",
          "text": "斯文",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "elegant, refined",
          "roman": "wényǎ",
          "text": "文雅",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "gentle; refined"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gentle",
          "gentle"
        ],
        [
          "refined",
          "refined"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "47th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; \"pattern, repetition\" (𝌴)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tetragram",
          "tetragram"
        ],
        [
          "Taixuanjing",
          "Taixuanjing"
        ],
        [
          "𝌴",
          "𝌴"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Classifier for coins."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "coin",
          "coin"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) Classifier for coins."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples",
        "Pages using lite templates",
        "zh:Currency"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "one mill",
          "roman": "yī wén",
          "text": "一文",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mill (a tenth of a cent)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "numismatics",
          "numismatics"
        ],
        [
          "mill",
          "mill"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(numismatics) mill (a tenth of a cent)"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "numismatics"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples",
        "zh:Telegraphy"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "1938 Changsha fire",
          "roman": "Wénxī Dàhuǒ",
          "text": "文夕大火",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(telegraphy) the twelfth day of a month"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "日",
          "日#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "telegraphy",
          "telegraphy"
        ],
        [
          "twelfth",
          "twelfth"
        ],
        [
          "day",
          "day"
        ],
        [
          "month",
          "month"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(~日) (telegraphy) the twelfth day of a month"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese surnames",
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Wen Tianxiang (Chinese politician and poet in the last years of the Southern Song Dynasty)",
          "roman": "Wén Tiānxiáng",
          "text": "文天祥",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a surname"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wen²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "Sichuanese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wen²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "Dungan",
        "Mandarin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "вын"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "Dungan",
        "Mandarin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vɨn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "Dungan",
        "Mandarin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "I"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "man⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "man⁴⁻²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taishan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mun³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "un⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vùn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangdong",
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vun²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "veng¹"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "uǒ̤ng"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "ùng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bûn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bhung⁵"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁶ven"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "un²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wún"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wên²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "вэнь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vɛnʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wən³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Latinxua-Sin-Wenz",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wen"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/uən²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vəŋ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Dungan",
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "man⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "man⁴⁻²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "màhn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "man⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "man⁴⁻²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "men⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "men⁴⁻²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɐn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɐn²¹⁻³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mun³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ᵐbun²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Nanchang",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "un⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/un³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Nanchang",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vùn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vunˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vun²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vun¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʋun¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Taiyuan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "veng¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/və̃ŋ¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taiyuan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jian'ou",
        "Kienning-Colloquial-Romanized"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "uǒ̤ng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/uɔŋ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Jian'ou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ùng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/uŋ⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bûn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "buun"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bun²¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangpu"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bun²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bun²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Jinjiang",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bun¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bûng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/buŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁶ven"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ven^去"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "³ven"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/vən²³/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Changsha",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "Xiang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "un²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u̯ən¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Changsha",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Xiang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mjun"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*mə[n]/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*mɯn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wən³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/uən²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vəŋ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɐn²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɐn²¹⁻³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ᵐbun²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/un³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vun¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʋun¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/və̃ŋ¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/uɔŋ²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/uŋ⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bun²¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bun²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bun²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bun¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/buŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vən²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u̯ən¹³/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[n]"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*mɯn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "文"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Chinese Han characters",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese verbs",
    "Pages with raw sortkeys"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "hanzi"
      },
      "expansion": "文",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to cover one's fault",
          "roman": "wénguò, wènguò",
          "text": "文過/文过",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to cover"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cover",
          "cover"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wèn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wen⁴"
    },
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      "tags": [
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        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨㄣˊ"
    },
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      "tags": [
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        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨㄣˋ"
    },
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      "tags": [
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        "Jyutping"
      ],
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    },
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      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
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    },
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
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    },
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
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    },
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wén"
    },
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        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wen"
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        "Palladius"
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        "Palladius"
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        "Sinological-IPA"
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        "Mandarin"
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        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
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        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
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        "Yale"
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      "zh-pron": "wèn"
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        "Mandarin"
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        "Sinological-IPA"
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        "Pinyin"
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}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Chinese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-24 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (82c8ff9 and f4967a5). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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