外文

Chinese

		outside; in addition; foreign outside; in addition; foreign; external	language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
trad. (外文)		外	文
simp. #(外文)		外	文

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wàiwén

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄞˋ ㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngoi⁶ man⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gōa-bûn
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶nga-ven

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wàiwén
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄞˋ ㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wàiwún
    • Wade–Giles: wai⁴-wên²
    • Yale: wài-wén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: waywen
    • Palladius: вайвэнь (vajvɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waɪ̯⁵¹ wən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngoi⁶ man⁴
    • Yale: ngoih màhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngoi⁶ man⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngoi⁶ men⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔːi̯²² mɐn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gōa-bûn
    • Tâi-lô: guā-bûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goaxbuun
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡua²²⁻²¹ bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡua⁴¹⁻²² bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡua²²⁻²¹ bun¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡua³³⁻¹¹ bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡua³³⁻²¹ bun²³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶nga-ven
    • MiniDict: nga^去 ven
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nga-ven
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ŋa²² vən⁴⁴/

Noun

外文

1. foreign language (in written form)

Synonyms

• 外國話／外国话 (wàiguóhuà)
• 外國語／外国语 (wàiguóyǔ)
• 外語／外语 (wàiyǔ)
• 洋話／洋话 (yánghuà) (dated or regional)
• 番話／番话 (faan¹ waa^6-2) (Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew)
• 紅毛話／红毛话 (dialectal, Jieyang Teochew)

 

Antonyms

• 中文 (Zhōngwén)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (外文):

• → Korean: 외문(外文) (oemun)
• → Vietnamese: ngoại văn (外文)

See also

• 二外 (èrwài)