盲文

Chinese

		blind	language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
trad. (盲文)		盲	文
simp. #(盲文)		盲	文
anagram		文盲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mángwén

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄤˊ ㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maang⁴ man⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bông-bûn
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶maon-ven

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mángwén
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄤˊ ㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mángwún
    • Wade–Giles: mang²-wên²
    • Yale: máng-wén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mangwen
    • Palladius: манвэнь (manvɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑŋ³⁵ wən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maang⁴ man⁴
    • Yale: màahng màhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maang⁴ man⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mang⁴ men⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːŋ²¹ mɐn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bông-bûn
    • Tâi-lô: bông-bûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bongbuun
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /bɔŋ²⁴⁻²² bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔŋ¹³⁻²² bun¹³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶maon-ven
    • MiniDict: maon^去 ven
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³maan-ven
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mɑ̃²² vən⁴⁴/

Noun

盲文

1. braille (system of writing using raised dots)
2. braille publication

Synonyms

• (braille):

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• 布萊葉 / 布莱叶 (Bùláiyè) (informal)
• 布萊葉盲文 / 布莱叶盲文 (Bùláiyè mángwén)
• 盲字 (mángzì)
• 點字 / 点字 (diǎnzì)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 盲字 (“braille”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		盲字, 點字, 盲文
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	點字
Cantonese	Hong Kong	點字, 凸字
Southern Min	Xiamen	盲字, 點字, 盲文
	Quanzhou	盲文
	Zhangzhou	盲文
	Taipei	點字 GT, 膨字 GT
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)