碑文

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Chinese

		a monument; an upright stone tablet; stele	language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
simp. and trad. (碑文)		碑	文

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bēiwén

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄟㄨㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bei¹ man⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pi-bûn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bēiwén
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄟㄨㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: beiwún
  - Wade–Giles: pei¹-wên²
  - Yale: bēi-wén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beiwen
  - Palladius: бэйвэнь (bɛjvɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯⁵⁵ wən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bei¹ man⁴
  - Yale: bēi màhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bei¹ man⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: béi¹ men⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯⁵⁵ mɐn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pi-bûn
  - Tâi-lô: pi-bûn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pi'buun
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pi⁴⁴⁻²² bun²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pi³³ bun²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi⁴⁴⁻²² bun¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pi⁴⁴⁻³³ bun²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi⁴⁴⁻³³ bun²³/

Middle Chinese: pje mjun

Rime
Character	碑	文
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	支 (13)	文 (59)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	彼爲切	無分切
Baxter	pje	mjun
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠiᴇ/	/mɨun/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚiɛ/	/miun/
Shao Rongfen	/piɛ/	/miuən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pjiə̆/	/mun/
Li Rong	/pje/	/miuən/
Wang Li	/pǐe/	/mĭuən/
Bernard Karlgren	/pie̯/	/mi̯uən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bī	wén
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bei¹	man⁴

Noun

碑文

inscription on a monument or tablet; epigraph

Synonyms

碑銘／碑铭 (bēimíng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (碑文):

→ Japanese: 碑(ひ)文(ぶん) (hibun)
→ Korean: 비문(碑文) (bimun)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
碑	文
ひ Grade: S	ぶん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
碑文 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ひぶん (Heiban – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

碑(ひ)文(ぶん) • (hibun)

epigraph

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
碑	文

Noun

碑文 • (bimun) (hangeul 비문)

Hanja form^? of 비문 (“epigraph”).

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