回文

Chinese

		to circle; to go back; to turn around to circle; to go back; to turn around; to answer; to return; to revolve; (a measure word for matters or actions) a time; Islam	language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
trad. (回文/迴文)		回/迴	文
simp. (回文)		回	文

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huíwén

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄨㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wui⁴ man⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huíwén
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄨㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huéiwún
  - Wade–Giles: hui²-wên²
  - Yale: hwéi-wén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hweiwen
  - Palladius: хуэйвэнь (xuejvɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ wən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wui⁴ man⁴
  - Yale: wùih màhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wui⁴ man⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: wui⁴ men⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːi̯²¹ mɐn²¹/

Noun

回文

palindrome

Japanese

Kanji in this term
回	文
かい Grade: 2	ぶん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Alternative forms

廻文

Etymology

/kwaibun/ > /kaibun/.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かいぶん [kàíbúń] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ka̠ibɯ̟̃ᵝɴ]

Noun

回(かい)文(ぶん) • (kaibun) ^{←くゎいぶん (kwaibun)^?}

that which when read from start to end or end to start results in the same phrase; a palindrome. In Japanese, the sound unit is the mora, and voicing constraints are ignored.

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