文房四寶
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Four Treasures of the Study
See also: 文房四宝
Chinese
| study; department in charge of official documents and correspondence | four | a jewel or gem; a treasure; precious | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (文房四寶) | 文房 | 四 | 寶 | |
| simp. (文房四宝) | 文房 | 四 | 宝 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): man4 fong4 sei3 bou2
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bûn-pông-sù-pó / bûn-pâng-sù-pó
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄈㄤˊ ㄙˋ ㄅㄠˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: wúnfángsìhbǎo
- Wade–Giles: wên2-fang2-ssŭ4-pao3
- Yale: wén-fáng-sz̀-bǎu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wenfarngsyhbao
- Palladius: вэньфансыбао (vɛnʹfansybao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /wən³⁵ fɑŋ³⁵ sz̩⁵¹ pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: man4 fong4 sei3 bou2
- Yale: màhn fòhng sei bóu
- Cantonese Pinyin: man4 fong4 sei3 bou2
- Guangdong Romanization: men4 fong4 séi3 bou2
- Sinological IPA (key): /mɐn²¹ fɔːŋ²¹ sei̯³³ pou̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bûn-pông-sù-pó
- Tâi-lô: bûn-pông-sù-pó
- Phofsit Daibuun: bunpongsuo'poir
- IPA (Taipei): /bun²⁴⁻¹¹ pɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ su¹¹⁻⁵³ po⁵³/
- IPA (Xiamen): /bun²⁴⁻²² pɔŋ²⁴⁻²² su²¹⁻⁵³ po⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /bun²³⁻³³ pɔŋ²³⁻³³ su²¹⁻⁴¹ pɤ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bûn-pâng-sù-pó
- Tâi-lô: bûn-pâng-sù-pó
- Phofsit Daibuun: bunpangsuo'poir
- IPA (Taipei): /bun²⁴⁻¹¹ paŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ su¹¹⁻⁵³ po⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /bun²³⁻³³ paŋ²³⁻³³ su²¹⁻⁴¹ pɤ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
Idiom
文房四寶
- Four Treasures of the Study (i.e. brush, ink, paper and inkstone, as used in Chinese and other East Asian painting and calligraphic traditions)
Synonyms
Korean
| Hanja in this term | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 文 | 房 | 四 | 寶 |