同文

Chinese

		like; same; similar like; same; similar; together; alike; with	language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
simp. and trad. (同文)		同	文

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tóngwén

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tung⁴ man⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tóngwén
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tóngwún
    • Wade–Giles: tʻung²-wên²
    • Yale: túng-wén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: torngwen
    • Palladius: тунвэнь (tunvɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ³⁵ wən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tung⁴ man⁴
    • Yale: tùhng màhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tung⁴ man⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tung⁴ men⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ²¹ mɐn²¹/

Verb

同文

1. to use the same writing system
2. (literary) to translate written language

Noun

同文

1. (literary, figurative) compatriot; fellow countryman

Synonyms

• 國人／国人 (guórén)

Derived terms

• 合同文字
• 同文同種／同文同种 (tóngwéntóngzhǒng)
• 同文算指
• 同文韻統／同文韵统
• 同文館／同文馆
• 同斜層／同斜层
• 同軌同文／同轨同文
• 普同文化
• 車同軌，書同文／车同轨，书同文 (chētóngguǐ, shūtóngwén)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (同文):

• → Japanese: 同文(どうぶん) (dōbun)
• → Korean: 동문(同文) (dongmun)