碑文

Chinese

		a monument; an upright stone tablet; stele	language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
simp. and trad. (碑文)		碑	文

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bēiwén

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟ ㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bei¹ man⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pi-bûn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bēiwén
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟ ㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: beiwún
    • Wade–Giles: pei¹-wên²
    • Yale: bēi-wén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beiwen
    • Palladius: бэйвэнь (bɛjvɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯⁵⁵ wən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bei¹ man⁴
    • Yale: bēi màhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bei¹ man⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: béi¹ men⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯⁵⁵ mɐn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pi-bûn
    • Tâi-lô: pi-bûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pi'buun
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pi⁴⁴⁻²² bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pi³³ bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi⁴⁴⁻²² bun¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pi⁴⁴⁻³³ bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi⁴⁴⁻³³ bun²³/

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• Middle Chinese: pje mjun

Rime
Character	碑	文
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	支 (13)	文 (59)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	彼爲切	無分切
Baxter	pje	mjun
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠiᴇ/	/mɨun/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚiɛ/	/miun/
Shao Rongfen	/piɛ/	/miuən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pjiə̆/	/mun/
Li Rong	/pje/	/miuən/
Wang Li	/pǐe/	/mĭuən/
Bernard Karlgren	/pie̯/	/mi̯uən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bī	wén
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bei1	man4

Noun

碑文

1. inscription on a monument or tablet; epigraph

Synonyms

• 碑銘／碑铭 (bēimíng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (碑文):

• → Japanese: 碑(ひ)文(ぶん) (hibun)
• → Korean: 비문(碑文) (bimun)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
碑	文
ひ Grade: S	ぶん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
碑文 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ひぶん [hìbúń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [çibɯ̟̃ᵝɴ]

Noun

碑(ひ)文(ぶん) • (hibun) 

1. epigraph

Korean

Hanja in this term
碑	文

Noun

碑文 • (bimun) (hangeul 비문)

1. Hanja form^? of 비문 (“epigraph”).