考文

Chinese

		to check; to verify; to test to check; to verify; to test; to examine	language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
simp. and trad. (考文)		考	文

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǎowén

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄠˇ ㄨㄣˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǎowén
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄠˇ ㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǎowún
    • Wade–Giles: kʻao³-wên²
    • Yale: kǎu-wén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaowen
    • Palladius: каовэнь (kaovɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ wən³⁵/

Noun

考文

1. (literary) to examine and correct text written in premodern documents (including inscriptions on ancient bronzes and stone tablets)