文臣

Chinese

		language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle	statesman; vassal; courtier statesman; vassal; courtier; minister; official
simp. and trad. (文臣)		文	臣

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wénchén

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˊ ㄔㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁴ san⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wénchén
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄔㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúnchén
    • Wade–Giles: wên²-chʻên²
    • Yale: wén-chén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wenchern
    • Palladius: вэньчэнь (vɛnʹčɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: man⁴ san⁴
    • Yale: màhn sàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: man⁴ san⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: men⁴ sen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²¹ sɐn²¹/

Noun

文臣

1. (historical) government official serving a civilian post

   Coordinate term: 武臣 (wǔchén)