㗎文

Chinese

		Japanese	language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
simp. and trad. (㗎文)		㗎	文
alternative forms		架文 嘎文 咖文

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa⁴ man^4-2

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaa⁴ man^4-2
    • Yale: gàh mán
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaa⁴ man^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: ga⁴ men^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː²¹ mɐn²¹⁻³⁵/

Noun

㗎文

1. (Cantonese, colloquial, derogatory) the Japanese language
   • 1985, 許冠傑 [Sam Hui] (lyrics and music), “日本娃娃”‎^[1]performed by 許冠傑 [Sam Hui]:

     實行用㗎文跟佢Friend下 [Cantonese, trad.]
     实行用㗎文跟佢Friend下 [Cantonese, simp.]

     sat⁶ hang⁴ jung⁶ gaa⁴ man^4-2 gan¹ keoi⁵ fren¹ haa⁵ [Jyutping]

     I've got to use Japanese to befriend her

   • 2019, 何紫, 《給女兒的信》, Hong Kong: 山邊出版社 [SUNBEAM Publications (HK)], →ISBN, page 257:

     爹地四十歲時才學日語，倒學得蠻有興趣，特別買架「獲文」（隨身聽）回來，行又聽，坐也聽，學慣準確的「㗎文」發音，有一天一位日本人來探我，我「初試啼聲」，他驚訝我的語音正確，我就樂在其中 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     爹地四十岁时才学日语，倒学得蛮有兴趣，特别买架「获文」（随身听）回来，行又听，坐也听，学惯准确的「㗎文」发音，有一天一位日本人来探我，我「初试啼声」，他惊讶我的语音正确，我就乐在其中 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     de¹ di⁴ sei³ sap⁶ seoi³ si⁴ coi⁴ hok⁶ jat⁶ jyu⁵, dou² hok⁶ dak¹ maan⁴ jau⁵ hing³ ceoi³, dak⁶ bit⁶ maai⁵ gaa³ “wok^6-1 man^4-2” (ceoi⁴ san¹ teng¹) wui⁴ loi⁴, haang⁴ jau⁶ teng¹, co⁵ jaa⁵ teng¹, hok⁶ gwaan³ zeon² kok³ dik¹ “gaa⁴ man^4-2” faat³ jam¹, jau⁵ jat¹ tin¹ jat¹ wai^6-2 jat⁶ bun² jan⁴ loi⁴ taam³ ngo⁵, ngo⁵ “co¹ si³ tai⁴ sing¹”, taa¹ ging¹ ngaa⁵ ngo⁵ dik¹ jyu⁵ jam¹ zing³ kok³, ngo⁵ zau⁶ lok⁶ zoi⁶ kei⁴ zung¹ [Jyutping]

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Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 日語 (“Japanese language”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		日語, 日文, 日本語
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	日文, 日語, 日本話
	Singapore	日文, 日語
Cantonese	Hong Kong	日文, 㗎文, 㗎話
	Dongguan	㗎佬話
	Singapore (Guangfu)	日本話
Hakka	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	日本話
Southern Min	Xiamen	日語
	Quanzhou	日語
	Zhangzhou	日語
	Tainan	日語, 日文
	Penang (Hokkien)	日本話
	Singapore (Hokkien)	日本話
	Manila (Hokkien)	日本話
Wu	Shanghai	日文, 日本閒話