變文
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Chinese
to change; to become different; to transform to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion |
language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (變文) | 變 | 文 | |
| simp. (变文) | 变 | 文 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: biànwén
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄨㄣˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: biànwún
- Wade–Giles: pien4-wên2
- Yale: byàn-wén
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biannwen
- Palladius: бяньвэнь (bjanʹvɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pi̯ɛn⁵¹ wən³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: bin3 man4
- Yale: bin màhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: bin3 man4
- Guangdong Romanization: bin3 men4
- Sinological IPA (key): /piːn³³ mɐn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
變文
- transformation text (literary form)
- 20世紀伊始，人們在敦煌藏經洞的經卷中發現了一種鮮為人知的寫本——變文，這種韻白交替的形式當年是以邊講邊唱的方式表現的。
- 20 shìjì yīshǐ, rénmen zài dūnhuáng cángjīngdòng de jīngjuàn zhōng fāxiàn le yīzhǒng xiǎnwéirénzhī de xiěběn — biànwén, zhè zhǒng yùnbái jiāotì de xíngshì dāngnián shì yǐ biān jiǎng biān chàng de fāngshì biǎoxiàn de.
- Transformation texts were rediscovered at the turn of the 20th century in the Dunhuang caves. This genre is in a verse-prose form, originally employed by Buddhist monks for liturgical purposes.
20世纪伊始，人们在敦煌藏经洞的经卷中发现了一种鲜为人知的写本——变文，这种韵白交替的形式当年是以边讲边唱的方式表现的。