經文

See also: 经文

Chinese

		classics; sacred book; pass through classics; sacred book; pass through; to undergo; scripture	language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
trad. (經文)		經	文
simp. (经文)		经	文

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīngwén

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥ ㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ging¹ man⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kîn-vùn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): keng-bûn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīngwén
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥ ㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jingwún
    • Wade–Giles: ching¹-wên²
    • Yale: jīng-wén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jingwen
    • Palladius: цзинвэнь (czinvɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ wən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ging¹ man⁴
    • Yale: gīng màhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ging¹ man⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ging¹ men⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪŋ⁵⁵ mɐn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kîn-vùn
    • Hakka Romanization System: gin^ˊ vun^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gin¹ vun²
    • Sinological IPA: /kin²⁴ vun¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: keng-bûn
    • Tâi-lô: king-bûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kengbuun
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɪŋ³³ bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² bun¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ bun²³/

Noun

經文

1. text from the Confucian classics
2. passage from religious scriptures (Classifier: 段 m c)

   今天讀經的經文取自詩篇第二十三篇。 [MSC, trad.]
   今天读经的经文取自诗篇第二十三篇。 [MSC, simp.]

   Jīntiān dújīng de jīngwén qǔ zì Shīpiān dì èrshísān piān. [Pinyin]

   Today's passage for scripture reading is taken from Psalm 23.

Derived terms

• 經文歌 / 经文歌
• 經文緯武 / 经文纬武
• 緯武經文 / 纬武经文
• 講經文 / 讲经文

Related terms

• 釋文／释文 (shìwén)
• 疏文 (shūwén)
• 注文 (zhùwén)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (經文):

• → Japanese: 経(きょう)文(もん) (kyōmon)
• → Korean: 경문(經文) (gyeongmun)