# 斯文
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): sīwén
    (Zhuyin): ㄙ ㄨㄣˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): si$^1$ man$^4$
* Gan (Wiktionary): si$^1$ un
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): sṳ̂-vùn
    (Hailu, HRS): sii$^ˋ$ vun
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): su-bûn / sir-bûn
    (Teochew, Peng'im): se$^1$ bhung$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: sīwén → sīwen (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Zhuyin: ㄙ ㄨㄣˊ → ㄙ ˙ㄨㄣ (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sihwůn
*** Wade–Giles: ssŭ$^1$-wên$^5$
*** Yale: sz̄-wen
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sy.wen
*** Palladius: сывэнь (syvɛnʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /sz̩⁵⁵ wən³⁵/ → /sz̩⁵⁵ wən²/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: si$^1$ man$^4$
*** Yale: sī màhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: si$^1$ man$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xi$^1$ men$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /siː⁵⁵ mɐn²¹/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: si$^1$ un
*** Sinological IPA : /sz̩⁴² un²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̂-vùn
*** Hakka Romanization System: sii$^ˊ$ vun$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: si$^1$ vun$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /sɨ²⁴ vun¹¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: sii$^ˋ$ vun
*** Sinological IPA: /sɨ⁵³ vun⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-bûn
*** Tâi-lô: su-bûn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: su'buun
*** IPA (Xiamen): /su⁴⁴⁻²² bun²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ bun²³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /su⁴⁴⁻²² bun¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ bun²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sir-bûn
*** Tâi-lô: sir-bûn
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ³³ bun²⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: se$^1$ bhung$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sṳ bûng
*** Sinological IPA : /sɯ³³⁻²³ buŋ⁵⁵/

### Adjective

斯文
* gentle; refined; courteous; polite
       neoi$^5$ zai$^2$ jiu$^3$ si$^1$ man$^4$ di$^1$ [Jyutping]
       girls need to be refined
* (Taiwanese Hakka) handsome
** (Can we date this quote?), 林子淵 (lyrics and music), “細妹仔恁靚”‎performed by 鄧百成:
       ngài sâng tet sṳ̂-vùn yu heu-sâng, oi ngài m̀-voi chhâ [Pha̍k-fa-sṳ]
       I look handsome and young / Loving me won't be a bad idea

#### Synonyms

* (gentle):
* 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)
* 文雅 (wényǎ)
* 文靜／文静 (wénjìng)
* 斯文胎胎 (si$^1$ wen$^2$ tai$^1$ tai$^1$) (Sichuanese)
* 斯斯文文 (sīsīwénwén)
* 柔美 (róuměi) (of music, scenery)
* 酥巧 (Xiamen Hokkien)
* 雅相 (ia$^3$ sian$^4$) (Xiang)
* 雅緻／雅致 (yǎzhì)
* 高尚 (gāoshàng)
* 高雅 (gāoyǎ)
* (handsome):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 英俊, 帥氣 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 帥 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 英俊 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 帥 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 帥 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 帥 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 靚仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 靚仔 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 靚仔 |
| Cantonese | Penang (Guangfu) | 靚仔 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 靚仔 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 緣投, 斯文 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 緣投, 斯文 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 緣投, 斯文 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 派頭, 緣投, 斯文 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 緣投, 斯文 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 緣投, 斯文 |
| Hakka | Singapore (Dabu) | 緣投 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 緣投 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 緣投 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 緣投 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 緣投 |
| Southern Min | Anxi | 緣投 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 緣投, 燦頭, 燦才 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 緣投 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 緣投 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 緣投 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 緣投 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 帥 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 帥 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 帥 |

#### Antonyms

* 低下 (dīxià)
* 低俗 (dīsú)
* 低級／低级 (dījí)
* 俗氣／俗气 (súqì)
* 俗骨 (zuk$^6$ gwat$^1$) (Cantonese)
* 傖俗／伧俗 (cāngsú) (formal)
* 卑俗 (bēisú)
* 庸俗 (yōngsú)
* 鄙俗 (bǐsú)
* 鄙吝 (bǐlìn) (literary)

#### Derived terms

* 斯文人
* 斯斯文文 (sīsīwénwén)

### Noun

斯文
* (literary) scholar; literati
* (literary) elegance; refinement
* Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 斯 (sī),‎ 文.
** (literary) this text
    From: 353 CE, Wang Xizhi, Preface to the Poems Composed at the Orchid Pavilion
    Hòu zhī lǎn zhě, yì jiāng yǒu gǎn yú sī wén. [Pinyin]
    For the people who read this in future generations, perhaps you will likewise be moved by this text.

#### Derived terms

* 斯文委地
* 斯文掃地／斯文扫地
* 斯文敗類／斯文败类 (sīwénbàilèi)