初文

Chinese

		initial; first; beginning initial; first; beginning; junior; basic	language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
simp. and trad. (初文)		初	文

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chūwén

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨ ㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): co¹ man⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chūwén
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨ ㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuwún
    • Wade–Giles: chʻu¹-wên²
    • Yale: chū-wén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuwen
    • Palladius: чувэнь (čuvɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ wən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: co¹ man⁴
    • Yale: chō màhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tso¹ man⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: co¹ men⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵ mɐn²¹/

Noun

初文

1. (linguistics) original form (of a Chinese character)