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

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Wikipedia says that usage of 文理 to refer to 文言文 was coined by Europeans”)

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

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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    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:
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    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

unity and coherence in writing
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
(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

(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])^[1]
IPA^(key): [bɯ̟̃n̺ɾʲi]

Noun

文(ぶん)理(り) • (bunri) ^{←ぶんり (bunri)^?}

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

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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