藝文

Chinese

		skill; art	language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
trad. (藝文)		藝	文
simp. (艺文)		艺	文
anagram		文藝／文艺

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yìwén

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄨㄣˊ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gē-bûn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yìwén
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yìwún
    • Wade–Giles: i⁴-wên²
    • Yale: yì-wén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihwen
    • Palladius: ивэнь (ivɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹ wən³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gē-bûn
    • Tâi-lô: gē-bûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gexbuun
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡe²²⁻²¹ bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡe⁴¹⁻²² bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡe²²⁻²¹ bun¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡe³³⁻¹¹ bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡe³³⁻²¹ bun²³/

Noun

藝文

1. (literary) books (in general)
2. (literary) literature and art
3. (archaic) Synonym of 六藝 / 六艺 (Liùyì, “Six Arts”)

Synonyms

• (books):

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• 冊 / 册 (cè) (as a classifier, or Classical Chinese)
• 冊子 / 册子 (cèzi)
• 卷 (juàn)
• 圖書 / 图书 (túshū) (as a collective term)
• 撰述 (zhuànshù) (formal)
• 文曲 (wénqǔ) (Classical Chinese)
• 文章 (wénzhāng)
• 書 / 书 (shū)
• 書冊 / 书册 (shūcè) (dated or Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien)
• 書卷 / 书卷 (shūjuàn)
• 書本 / 书本 (shūběn) (as a collective term)
• 書籍 / 书籍 (shūjí) (as a collective term)
• 本 (běn) (as a classifier)
• 本子 (běnzi)
• 本本 (běnběn) (informal, diminutive)
• 版籍 (bǎnjí) (literary)
• 簿 (bù) (used in compounds, or Classical Chinese)
• 簿仔 (Hakka, Hokkien)
• 籍 (jí) (used in compounds, or Classical Chinese)
• 經籍 / 经籍 (jīngjí)
• 著 / 着 (zhù) (used in compounds, or Classical Chinese)
• 著作 / 着作 (zhùzuò)

 

Derived terms

• 藝文志 / 艺文志 (yìwénzhì)

 

Related terms

• 文藝／文艺 (wényì)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (藝文):

• → Japanese: 芸文(げいもん) (geimon); 芸文(げいぶん) (geibun)
• → Korean: 예문(藝文) (yemun)