# 法文
## Chinese
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): fǎwén, fàwén
    (Zhuyin): ㄈㄚˇ ㄨㄣˊ, ㄈㄚˋ ㄨㄣˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): faat$^3$ man$^4$ / faat$^3$ man$^{4-2}$
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hah$^6$ mong$^2$ / hah$^6$ muong$^2$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoat-bûn
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^7$faq-ven
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fǎwén
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄚˇ ㄨㄣˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fǎwún
*** Wade–Giles: fa$^3$-wên$^2$
*** Yale: fǎ-wén
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faawen
*** Palladius: фавэнь (favɛnʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /fä²¹⁴⁻²¹ wən³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, common variant in Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fàwén
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄚˋ ㄨㄣˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fàwún
*** Wade–Giles: fa$^4$-wên$^2$
*** Yale: fà-wén
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fahwen
*** Palladius: фавэнь (favɛnʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /fä⁵¹ wən³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: faat$^3$ man$^4$ / faat$^3$ man$^{4-2}$
*** Yale: faat màhn / faat mán
*** Cantonese Pinyin: faat$^8$ man$^4$ / faat$^8$ man$^{4-2}$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fad$^3$ men$^4$ / fad$^3$ men$^{4-2}$
*** Sinological IPA : /faːt̚³ mɐn²¹/, /faːt̚³ mɐn²¹⁻³⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: hah$^6$ mong$^2$ [Phonetic: hah$^7$ mong$^2$]
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: hah-meóng
*** Sinological IPA : /haʔ¹⁻⁴⁵ mɔŋ¹³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: hah$^6$ muong$^2$ [Phonetic: hah$^7$ muong$^2$]
*** Sinological IPA : /haʔ²⁻²⁴ muoŋ¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoat-bûn
*** Tâi-lô: huat-bûn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hoatbuun
*** IPA (Xiamen): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ bun²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /huat̚⁵⁻²⁴ bun²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /huat̚³²⁻⁵ bun¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ bun²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ bun²³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^7$faq-ven
*** MiniDict: fah$^入$ ven
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^4$faq-ven
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /faʔ³³ vən⁴⁴/

#### Noun

法文
* French language

##### Synonyms

* 法語／法语 (fǎyǔ)
* 法國話／法国话 (fǎguóhuà)
* (Northern Wu) 法國閒話／法国闲话

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): fǎwén
    (Zhuyin): ㄈㄚˇ ㄨㄣˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): faat$^3$ man$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoat-bûn
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^7$faq-ven
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fǎwén
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄚˇ ㄨㄣˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fǎwún
*** Wade–Giles: fa$^3$-wên$^2$
*** Yale: fǎ-wén
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faawen
*** Palladius: фавэнь (favɛnʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /fä²¹⁴⁻²¹ wən³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: faat$^3$ man$^4$
*** Yale: faat màhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: faat$^8$ man$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fad$^3$ men$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /faːt̚³ mɐn²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoat-bûn
*** Tâi-lô: huat-bûn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hoatbuun
*** IPA (Xiamen): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ bun²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /huat̚⁵⁻²⁴ bun²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /huat̚³²⁻⁵ bun¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ bun²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ bun²³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^7$faq-ven
*** MiniDict: fah$^入$ ven
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^4$faq-ven
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /faʔ³³ vən⁴⁴/

#### Noun

法文
* clause (of law)

##### Descendants

* → Korean: 법문(法文) (beommun)
* → Vietnamese: pháp văn (法文)

### Further reading

* Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “法文” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].