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to check; to verify; to test
to check; to verify; to test; to examine
language; culture; writing
language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
simp.
and
trad.
(
考文
)
考
文
Pronunciation
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Mandarin
(
Pinyin
)
:
kǎowén
(
Zhuyin
)
:
ㄎㄠˇ ㄨㄣˊ
Mandarin
(
Standard Chinese
)
+
Hanyu Pinyin
:
kǎowén
Zhuyin
:
ㄎㄠˇ ㄨㄣˊ
Tongyong Pinyin
:
kǎowún
Wade–Giles
:
kʻao
3
-wên
2
Yale
:
kǎu-wén
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
:
kaowen
Palladius
:
каовэнь
(kaovɛnʹ)
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/kʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ wən³⁵/
Noun
edit
考文
(
literary
)
to
examine
and
correct
text
written
in
premodern
documents
(
including
inscriptions
on
ancient
bronzes
and
stone
tablets
)