散文

Chinese

		adjourn; scatter; leisurely adjourn; scatter; leisurely; loosen; powdered medicine; to scatter; to come loose	language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
trad. (散文)		散	文
simp. #(散文)		散	文

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sǎnwén

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢˇ ㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saan² man⁴

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sàn-bûn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): suan³ bhung⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sǎnwén
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢˇ ㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǎnwún
    • Wade–Giles: san³-wên²
    • Yale: sǎn-wén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: saanwen
    • Palladius: саньвэнь (sanʹvɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän²¹⁴⁻²¹ wən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saan² man⁴
    • Yale: sáan màhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saan² man⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: san² men⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːn³⁵ mɐn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sàn-bûn
    • Tâi-lô: sàn-bûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sarnbuun
    • IPA (Xiamen): /san²¹⁻⁵³ bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /san⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /san²¹⁻⁵³ bun¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /san¹¹⁻⁵³ bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /san²¹⁻⁴¹ bun²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: suan³ bhung⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: suàⁿ bûng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sũã²¹³⁻⁵⁵ buŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

散文

1. prose (Classifier: 篇)

   諸子散文／诸子散文  ―  zhūzǐ sǎnwén  ―  prose of pre-Qin philosophers

Synonyms

• (literary) 平文 (píngwén)

Derived terms

• 散文化 (sànwénhuà)
• 散文家 (sǎnwénjiā)
• 散文詩／散文诗 (sǎnwénshī)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (散文):

• → Japanese: 散文(さんぶん) (sanbun)
• → Korean: 산문(散文) (sanmun)
• → Vietnamese: tuỳ bút (散文)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
散	文
さん Grade: 4	ぶん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Noun

散(さん)文(ぶん) • (sanbun) 

1. prose

Korean

Hanja in this term
散	文

Noun

散文 • (sanmun) (hangeul 산문)

1. hanja form^? of 산문 (“prose”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
散	文

Noun

散文

1. chữ Hán form of tản văn (“prose”).