文獻

See also: 文献

Chinese

		language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle	to offer
trad. (文獻)		文	獻
simp. (文献)		文	献

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wénxiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁴ hin³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vùn-hien / vùn-hian
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bûn-hiàn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bhung⁵ hiang³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wénxiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúnsiàn
    • Wade–Giles: wên²-hsien⁴
    • Yale: wén-syàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wenshiann
    • Palladius: вэньсянь (vɛnʹsjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: man⁴ hin³
    • Yale: màhn hin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: man⁴ hin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: men⁴ hin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²¹ hiːn³³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vùn-hien
    • Hakka Romanization System: vun^ˇ hien
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vun² hian⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /vun¹¹ hi̯en⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vùn-hian
    • Hakka Romanization System: vun^ˇ hian
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vun² hian⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /vun¹¹ hi̯an⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bûn-hiàn
    • Tâi-lô: bûn-hiàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bunhiexn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bun²⁴⁻²² hiɛn²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bun²⁴⁻²² hiɛn⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bun¹³⁻²² hiɛn²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bun²⁴⁻¹¹ hiɛn¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bun²³⁻³³ hiɛn²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bhung⁵ hiang³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bûng hiàng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /buŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ hiaŋ²¹³/

Noun

文獻

1. literature (of an academic or historical nature); research material; document; data

   歷史文獻／历史文献  ―  lìshǐ wénxiàn  ―  historical document

   古代文獻／古代文献  ―  gǔdài wénxiàn  ―  ancient document

   出土文獻／出土文献  ―  chūtǔ wénxiàn  ―  excavated text

   傳世文獻／传世文献  ―  chuánshì wénxiàn  ―  received text

   古典文獻／古典文献  ―  gǔdiǎn wénxiàn  ―  classical literature

2. short for 文獻學／文献学 (wénxiànxué, “paleography; philology; study of ancient Chinese texts”)

Synonyms

• (literature):

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• 典籍 (diǎnjí) (classical literature)
• 古事 (gǔshì) (literary)
• 文學 / 文学 (wénxué)
• 文籍 (wénjí) (literary)
• 詩書 / 诗书 (shīshū)
• 風騷 / 风骚 (fēngsāo) (figurative)

Derived terms

• 參考文獻 / 参考文献 (cānkǎo wénxiàn)
• 文獻學 / 文献学 (wénxiànxué)
• 文獻檢索 / 文献检索
• 文獻片 / 文献片
• 文獻綜述 / 文献综述 (wénxiàn zōngshù)
• 文獻通考 / 文献通考 (Wénxiàn Tōngkǎo)
• 灰色文獻 / 灰色文献 (huīsè wénxiàn)

References

• “文獻”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
文	獻
ぶん Grade: 1	けん Hyōgai
kan'on

For pronunciation and definitions of 文獻 – see the following entry.

【文献ぶんけん】 [noun] literature [noun] research materials, documents

(This term, 文獻, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
文	獻

Noun

文獻 • (munheon) (hangeul 문헌)

1. hanja form^? of 문헌 (“literature”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
文	獻

Noun

文獻

1. chữ Hán form of văn hiến (“long-standing cultural traditions (of a people); civilisation”)