釋文

Chinese

		explain; to release	language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
trad. (釋文)		釋	文
simp. (释文)		释	文

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìwén

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik¹ man⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siak-bûn / sek-bûn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìwén
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhwún
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-wên²
    • Yale: shr̀-wén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhwen
    • Palladius: шивэнь (šivɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ wən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sik¹ man⁴
    • Yale: sīk màhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁷ man⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig¹ men⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚⁵ mɐn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siak-bûn
    • Tâi-lô: siak-bûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siakbuun
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siak̚⁵⁻²⁴ bun²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sek-bûn
    • Tâi-lô: sik-bûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sekbuun
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪk̚³²⁻⁵ bun¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ bun²³/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ bun²⁴/

Noun

釋文

1. annotations (often used in book titles)

Related terms

• 經文／经文 (jīngwén)
• 疏文 (shūwén)
• 注文 (zhùwén)

Verb

釋文

1. to annotate the pronunciation and meaning of words in a premodern text

Proper noun

釋文

1. Short for 經典釋文／经典释文 (Jīngdiǎn Shìwén, “Jingdian Shiwen”).