文言

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Chinese

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language; culture; writing
language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
 
to speak; to say; talk
to speak; to say; talk; word
 
simp. and trad.
(文言)
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Pronunciation

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Noun

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文言

  1. Literary Chinese (literary language used from the fall of the Han dynasty (220 C.E.) to the early 20th century)
  2. Classical Chinese (literary language used in old China)
    文言詞彙文言词汇  ―  wényán cíhuì  ―  Classical Chinese vocabulary

Usage notes

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Careful usage distinguishes between 文言 (wényán) (literary writing, used from the fall of the Han dynasty (220 C.E.) to the early 20th century) on the one hand, and 古文 (gǔwén, Ancient Writing) or, formally, 古典漢語古典汉语 (gǔdiǎn hànyǔ, Classical Chinese) (Classical Chinese, used from the Zhou Dynasty (1045 B.C.E.) (especially the Spring and Autumn Period), through to the end of the Han Dynasty (220 C.E.)) on the other. However, the terms are often conflated.

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Japanese

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
もん
Grade: 1
ごん
Grade: 2
goon

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Noun

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(もん)(ごん) (mongon

  1. wording (esp. of written text); words
    Synonym: 文句 (monku)
    • 1927, 林不忘, 魔像 新版大岡政談[1], 青空文庫:
      矢文(やぶみ)()のさきに手紙(てがみ)(はさ)んである。(ひら)いてみると「明夜(みょうや)残余(ざんよ)首頂戴(くびちょうだい)参堂(さんどう)御用意(ごようい)あれ」――(なん)とも不気味(ぶきみ)な、(ひと)()った文言(もんごん)である。
      Yabumi, ya no saki ni tegami ga hasande aru. Hiraite miru to “myōya, zan'yo no kubi chōdai ni sandō, go-yōi are”――nan to mo bukimi na, hito o kutta mongon de aru.
      A letter was fixed to the front end of the arrow. They opened it and it read, “Tomorrow night, we will visit to collect the remaining heads. Be prepared.” The words were unspeakably eerie and taunting.

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
ぶん
Grade: 1
げん
Grade: 2
kan'on

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(ぶん)(げん) (bungen

  1. wording (esp. of written text); words
  2. Classical Chinese; classical Chinese literary style; traditional written Chinese
    Antonym: 白話 (hakuwa)

Korean

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Hanja in this term

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文言 (muneon) (hangeul 문언)

  1. hanja form? of 문언 (Classical Chinese wording)

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

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文言

  1. chữ Hán form of văn ngôn (Classical Chinese wording).