文理

Chinese

		language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle	to manage; to heed; to put in order to manage; to heed; to put in order; reason; logic; science; inner principle or structure
simp. and trad. (文理)		文	理

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wénlǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˊ ㄌㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁴ lei⁵
• Eastern Min (BUC): ùng-lī
• Puxian Min (Xianyou, Pouseng Ping'ing): muong² li³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bûn-lí

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bhung⁵ li²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wénlǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄌㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúnlǐ
    • Wade–Giles: wên²-li³
    • Yale: wén-lǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wenlii
    • Palladius: вэньли (vɛnʹli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 文理 紋理 / 纹理

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: man⁴ lei⁵
    • Yale: màhn léih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: man⁴ lei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: men⁴ léi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²¹ lei̯¹³/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 文理 紋理 / 纹理

• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ùng-lī
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /uŋ⁵³⁻³³ ^(l-)nˡi³³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: muong² li³ [Phonetic: muong⁵ ni³]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /muoŋ¹³⁻²¹ ^(l-)ni³³²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bûn-lí
    • Tâi-lô: bûn-lí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bunlie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bun²⁴⁻²² li⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bun²⁴⁻²² li⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bun¹³⁻²² li⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bun²⁴⁻¹¹ li⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bun²³⁻³³ li⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bhung⁵ li²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bûng lí
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /buŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ li⁵²/

Noun

文理

1. unity and coherence in writing
2. Short for 文科 (wénkē) + 理科 (lǐkē): “liberal arts and science”.

   文理學院／文理学院  ―  wénlǐ xuéyuàn  ―  College of Arts & Sciences

3. (obsolete) Synonym of 文言文 (wényánwén)

   文理和合本  ―  Wénlǐ Héhéběn  ―  Classical Chinese Union Version

Derived terms

• 深文理 (shēnwénlǐ)
• 淺文理 / 浅文理 (qiǎnwénlǐ)

 

Descendants

• → English: wen-li, wên-li, wenli, wun-li, wunli, veng-li

Adjective

文理

1. (Xianyou Puxian Min) cultured, refined, elegant, polite

References

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “文理”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 392.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
文	理
ぶん Grade: 1	り Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぶんり [búꜜǹrì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [bɯ̟̃n̺ɾʲi]

Noun

文(ぶん)理(り) • (bunri) ^{←ぶんり (bunri)?}

1. liberal arts and science

   Meronyms: 文系 (bunkei), 理系 (rikei)

   文理(ぶんり)問(と)わず必要(ひつよう)

   bunri towazu hitsuyō

   necessary for both liberal arts and science students