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徵文

徵文

Chinese

		note in Chinese musical scale; levy (troops or taxes)	language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
trad. (徵文)		徵	文
simp. (征文)		征	文

Verb

徵文

to solicit articles or essays; to call for entries
to cite a text in support

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zhēngwén

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄥㄨㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zing¹ man⁴
Min Nan (POJ): cheng-bûn / teng-bûn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhēngwén
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄥㄨㄣˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jengwen
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ u̯ən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zing¹ man⁴
  - Yale: jīng màhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzing¹ man⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ mɐn²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-bûn
  - Tâi-lô: tsing-bûn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zengbuun
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɪŋ³³ bun²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² bun²⁴/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: teng-bûn
  - Tâi-lô: ting-bûn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dengbuun
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ bun²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ bun²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² bun¹³/