斯文

Chinese

		(phonetic); this	language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
simp. and trad. (斯文)		斯	文

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sīwén

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹ man⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ̂-vùn
Min Nan (POJ): sir-bûn / su-bûn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: sīwén
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄣˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sywen
  - IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵⁵ u̯ən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: si¹ man⁴
  - Yale: sī màhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ man⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: xi¹ men⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ mɐn²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̂-vùn
  - Hakka Romanization System: sii´ vunˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: si¹ vun²
  - IPA: /sɨ²⁴ vun¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sir-bûn
  - Tâi-lô: sir-bûn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ³³ bun²⁴/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-bûn
  - Tâi-lô: su-bûn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: su'buun
  - IPA (Taipei): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ bun²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /su⁴⁴⁻²² bun¹³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ bun²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /su⁴⁴⁻²² bun²⁴/

Adjective

斯文

gentle; refined; courteous; polite; feminine
女仔要斯文啲 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
neoi⁵ zai² jiu³ si¹ man⁴ di¹ [Jyutping]
girls need to be refined

Derived terms

斯文人

斯斯文文 (sīsīwénwén)

Noun

斯文

(literary) scholar; literati
(literary) elegance; refinement
Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see 斯,‎ 文.
1. (literary) this text
  - 後之攬者，亦將有感於斯文。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
    后之揽者，亦将有感于斯文。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
    From: 353 CE, Wang Xizhi, Preface to the Poems Composed at the Orchid Pavilion
    Hòu zhī lǎn zhě, yì jiāng yǒu gǎn yú sī wén. [Pinyin]
    For the people who read this in future generations, perhaps you will likewise be moved by this text.

Derived terms

斯文委地
斯文掃地／斯文扫地

斯文敗類／斯文败类

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