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人文

人文

Chinese

		man; person; people	language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
simp. and trad. (人文)		人	文
anagram		文人

Noun

人文

the humanities; letters; belles-lettres (as in "science and letters")
human affairs
culture; the arts

See also

(not to be confused with) 文人 (wénrén)

Derived terms

人文主義／人文主义 (rénwénzhǔyì)
人文學／人文学 (rénwénxué)
人文景觀／人文景观 (rénwén jǐngguān)

人文科學／人文科学
人文精神

Japanese

Kanji in this term
人	文
じん Grade: 1	ぶん Grade: 1

Noun

人文 ‎(hiragana じんぶん, romaji jinbun)

the humanities

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): rénwén

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄨㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ man⁴
Min Nan (POJ): jîn-bûn / lîn-bûn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: rénwén
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄨㄣˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renwen
  - IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ u̯ən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jan⁴ man⁴
  - Yale: yàhn màhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ man⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ mɐn²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jîn-bûn
  - Tâi-lô: jîn-bûn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: jinbuun
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ʑin¹³⁻²² bun¹³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /d͡ʑin²³⁻³³ bun²³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn-bûn
  - Tâi-lô: lîn-bûn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: linbuun
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lin²⁴⁻²² bun²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lin²⁴⁻²² bun²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lin²⁴⁻¹¹ bun²⁴/