散文

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Chinese

		adjourn; scatter; leisurely adjourn; scatter; leisurely; loosen; powdered medicine; to scatter; to come loose	language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
trad. (散文)		散	文
simp. ^#(散文)		散	文

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sǎnwén

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄢˇ ㄨㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saan² man⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): sàn-bûn

(Teochew, Peng'im): suan³ bhung⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sǎnwén
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄢˇ ㄨㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sǎnwún
  - Wade–Giles: san³-wên²
  - Yale: sǎn-wén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: saanwen
  - Palladius: саньвэнь (sanʹvɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän²¹⁴⁻²¹ wən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: saan² man⁴
  - Yale: sáan màhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saan² man⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: san² men⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːn³⁵ mɐn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sàn-bûn
  - Tâi-lô: sàn-bûn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sarnbuun
  - IPA (Xiamen): /san²¹⁻⁵³ bun²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /san⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ bun²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /san²¹⁻⁵³ bun¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /san¹¹⁻⁵³ bun²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /san²¹⁻⁴¹ bun²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: suan³ bhung⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: suàⁿ bûng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sũã²¹³⁻⁵⁵ buŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

散文

prose (Classifier: 篇)
諸子散文／诸子散文 ― zhūzǐ sǎnwén ― prose of pre-Qin philosophers

Synonyms

(literary) 平文 (píngwén)

Derived terms

散文化 (sànwénhuà)
散文家 (sǎnwénjiā)
散文詩／散文诗 (sǎnwénshī)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (散文):

→ Japanese: 散文(さんぶん) (sanbun)
→ Korean: 산문(散文) (sanmun)
→ Vietnamese: tuỳ bút (散文)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
散	文
さん Grade: 4	ぶん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Noun

散(さん)文(ぶん) • (sanbun)

prose

Korean

Hanja in this term
散	文

Noun

散文 • (sanmun) (hangeul 산문)

hanja form^? of 산문 (“prose”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
散	文

Noun

散文

chữ Hán form of tản văn (“prose”).

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