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

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

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)

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