咨文

Chinese

		consult	language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
trad. (咨文)		咨	文
simp. #(咨文)		咨	文

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zīwén

  (Zhuyin): ㄗ ㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹ man⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chir-bûn / chu-bûn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zīwén
    • Zhuyin: ㄗ ㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zihwún
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ¹-wên²
    • Yale: dz̄-wén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzywen
    • Palladius: цзывэнь (czyvɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵⁵ wən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi¹ man⁴
    • Yale: jī màhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹ man⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji¹ men⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ mɐn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chir-bûn
    • Tâi-lô: tsir-bûn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ³³ bun²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chu-bûn
    • Tâi-lô: tsu-bûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zu'buun
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su⁴⁴⁻²² bun¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡su⁴⁴⁻²² bun²⁴/

Noun

咨文

1. report delivered by the head of a government on affairs of the state
2. (old) official communication between government offices of equal rank

Derived terms

• 國情咨文 / 国情咨文 (Guóqíng Zīwén)