幫閒文人

Chinese

		literary hack; to keep to serve the rich and powerful with literary hack work, etc.	scholar; intellectual; man of letters
trad. (幫閒文人)		幫閒	文人
simp. (帮闲文人)		帮闲	文人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bànxián wénrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄨㄣˊ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bong¹ haan⁴ man⁴ jan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bànxián wénrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄨㄣˊ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bànsián wúnrén
    • Wade–Giles: pan⁴-hsien² wên²-jên²
    • Yale: bàn-syán wén-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bannshyan wenren
    • Palladius: баньсянь вэньжэнь (banʹsjanʹ vɛnʹžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹ ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ wən³⁵ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bong¹ haan⁴ man⁴ jan⁴
    • Yale: bōng hàahn màhn yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bong¹ haan⁴ man⁴ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bong¹ han⁴ men⁴ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔːŋ⁵⁵ haːn²¹ mɐn²¹ jɐn²¹/

Noun

幫閒文人

1. literary hack