文雅

Chinese

		language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle	elegant
trad. (文雅)		文	雅
simp. #(文雅)		文	雅

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wényǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˊ ㄧㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁴ ngaa⁵

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vùn-ngá
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bûn-ngá / bûn-ngée

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bhung⁵ ngia²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wényǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄧㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúnyǎ
    • Wade–Giles: wên²-ya³
    • Yale: wén-yǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wenyea
    • Palladius: вэнья (vɛnʹja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən³⁵ jä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: man⁴ ngaa⁵
    • Yale: màhn ngáh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: man⁴ ngaa⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: men⁴ nga⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²¹ ŋaː¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vùn-ngá
    • Hakka Romanization System: vunˇ nga`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vun² nga³
    • Sinological IPA: /vun¹¹ ŋa³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bûn-ngá
    • Tâi-lô: bûn-ngá
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bunngar
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bun²⁴⁻²² ŋã⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bun²³⁻³³ ŋã⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bun²⁴⁻²² ŋã⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bun²⁴⁻¹¹ ŋã⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bûn-ngée
    • Tâi-lô: bûn-ngée
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bun¹³⁻²² ŋɛ̃⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bhung⁵ ngia²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bûng ngiá
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /buŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ŋia⁵²/

Adjective

文雅

1. elegant; refined

Synonyms

• 優美／优美 (yōuměi) (of music, scenery)
• 典雅 (diǎnyǎ)
• 古雅 (gǔyǎ)
• 嫻／娴 (xián) (literary, or in compounds)
• 嫻靜／娴静 (xiánjìng)
• 幽美 (yōuměi) (literary, of an environment)
• 彬 (bīn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 彬彬 (bīnbīn) (literary)
• 文靜／文静 (wénjìng)
• 斯文 (sīwén)
• 斯文胎胎 (si¹ wen² tai¹ tai¹) (Sichuanese)
• 斯斯文文 (sīsīwénwén)
• 柔美 (róuměi) (of music, scenery)
• 酥巧 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 雅相 (ia³ sian⁴) (Xiang)
• 雅緻／雅致 (yǎzhì)
• 高尚 (gāoshàng)
• 高雅 (gāoyǎ)

 

Antonyms

• 低下 (dīxià)
• 低俗 (dīsú)
• 低級／低级 (dījí)
• 俗氣／俗气 (súqì)
• 俗骨 (zuk⁶ gwat¹) (Cantonese)
• 傖俗／伧俗 (cāngsú) (formal)
• 卑俗 (bēisú)
• 庸俗 (yōngsú)
• 鄙俗 (bǐsú)
• 鄙吝 (bǐlìn) (literary)

 

Derived terms

• 雍容文雅

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (文雅):

• → Japanese: 文(ぶん)雅(が) (bunga)
• → Korean: 문아(文雅) (muna)
• → Vietnamese: văn nhã (文雅)