法文

Chinese

Etymology 1

		France	language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
simp. and trad. (法文)		法	文
anagram		文法

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fǎwén, fàwén

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄚˇ ㄨㄣˊ, ㄈㄚˋ ㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faat³ man⁴ / faat³ man^4-2
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoat-bûn
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷faq-ven

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fǎwén
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄚˇ ㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fǎwún
    • Wade–Giles: fa³-wên²
    • Yale: fǎ-wén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faawen
    • Palladius: фавэнь (favɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fä²¹⁴⁻²¹ wən³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, common variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fàwén
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄚˋ ㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fàwún
    • Wade–Giles: fa⁴-wên²
    • Yale: fà-wén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fahwen
    • Palladius: фавэнь (favɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fä⁵¹ wən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faat³ man⁴ / faat³ man^4-2
    • Yale: faat màhn / faat mán
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faat⁸ man⁴ / faat⁸ man^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: fad³ men⁴ / fad³ men^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːt̚³ mɐn²¹/, /faːt̚³ mɐn²¹⁻³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoat-bûn
    • Tâi-lô: huat-bûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoatbuun
    • IPA (Xiamen): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /huat̚⁵⁻²⁴ bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /huat̚³²⁻⁵ bun¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ bun²³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷faq-ven
    • MiniDict: fah^入 ven
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴faq-ven
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /faʔ³³ vən⁴⁴/

Noun

法文

1. French language

Synonyms

• 法語／法语 (fǎyǔ)
• 法國話／法国话 (fǎguóhuà)
• (Northern Wu) 法國閒話／法国闲话

Etymology 2

		law; method; way law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)	language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
simp. and trad. (法文)		法	文
anagram		文法

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fǎwén

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄚˇ ㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faat³ man⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoat-bûn
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷faq-ven

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fǎwén
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄚˇ ㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fǎwún
    • Wade–Giles: fa³-wên²
    • Yale: fǎ-wén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faawen
    • Palladius: фавэнь (favɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fä²¹⁴⁻²¹ wən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faat³ man⁴
    • Yale: faat màhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faat⁸ man⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fad³ men⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːt̚³ mɐn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoat-bûn
    • Tâi-lô: huat-bûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoatbuun
    • IPA (Xiamen): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /huat̚⁵⁻²⁴ bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /huat̚³²⁻⁵ bun¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ bun²³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷faq-ven
    • MiniDict: fah^入 ven
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴faq-ven
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /faʔ³³ vən⁴⁴/

Noun

法文

1. clause (of law)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (法文):

• → Korean: 법문(法文) (beommun)
• → Vietnamese: pháp văn (法文)

Further reading

• Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “法文” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].