原文

Chinese

		former; original; primary former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source	language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
simp. and trad. (原文)		原	文

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuánwén

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ ㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ man⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngièn-vùn / ngiàn-vùn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): goân-bûn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuánwén
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ ㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuánwún
    • Wade–Giles: yüan²-wên²
    • Yale: ywán-wén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuanwen
    • Palladius: юаньвэнь (juanʹvɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn³⁵ wən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun⁴ man⁴
    • Yale: yùhn màhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ man⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴ men⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ mɐn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngièn-vùn
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngienˇ vunˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngian² vun²
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯en¹¹ vun¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiàn-vùn
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngianˇ vunˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngian² vun²
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯an¹¹ vun¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goân-bûn
    • Tâi-lô: guân-bûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goanbuun
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡuan²⁴⁻²² bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡuan²⁴⁻²² bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡuan¹³⁻²² bun¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡuan²⁴⁻¹¹ bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡuan²³⁻³³ bun²³/

Noun

原文

1. source text; original text

Synonyms

• 本文 (běnwén)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
原	文
げん Grade: 2	ぶん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

From gen (原, original) + bun (文, writings).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) げんぶん [gèńbúń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɡẽ̞mbɯ̟̃ᵝɴ]

Noun

原(げん)文(ぶん) • (genbun) 

1. text, original text

   翻訳(ほんやく)を原文(げんぶん)と比(くら)べてみよう

   hon'yaku o genbun to kurabete miyō

   Let's compare the translation with the original

See also

• 訳文(やくぶん) (yakubun)

Korean

Hanja in this term
原	文

Noun

原文 • (wonmun) (hangeul 원문)

1. Hanja form^? of 원문 (“original text”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
原	文

Noun

原文

1. chữ Hán form of nguyên văn (“original text”).

Adverb

原文

1. chữ Hán form of nguyên văn (“verbatim; sic”).