Chinese Word Entry

文武雙全

Simplified Chinese form: 文武双全

Mandarin (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˊ ㄨˇ ㄕㄨㄤ ㄑㄩㄢˊ
Mandarin (Pinyin): wén wǔ shuāng quán
Cantonese (Jyutping): man4 mou5 soeng1 cyun4
Definitions:
  1. well versed in letters and military technology (idiom); fine scholar and soldier

  2. master of pen and sword


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Chinese characters used in this word

sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67), culture, writing
Readings
Mandarin: ㄨㄣˊ (wén), ㄨㄣˋ (wèn)
Cantonese: man4
Japanese: ブン (bun)、 モン (mon) / ふみ (fumi)、 あや (aya)、 かざる (kazaru)
Korean: 문 (mun)
Vietnamese: văn, vấn

warrior, military, chivalry, arms, martial, warlike
Readings
Mandarin: ㄨˇ (wǔ)
Cantonese: mou5
Japanese: ブ (bu)、 ム (mu) / たけ (take)、 たけ.し (takeshi)
Korean: 무 (mu)
Vietnamese: vũ, võ

pair, set, comparison, counter for pairs, set of two, couple, both
Readings
Mandarin: ㄕㄨㄤ (shuāng)
Cantonese: soeng1
Japanese: ソウ (sou) / たぐい (tagui)、 ならぶ (narabu)、 ふたつ (futatsu)、 ふた- (futa-)、 ふた (futa)
Korean: 쌍 (ssang)
Vietnamese: song
Variants
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Simplified Japanese form:
Semantic variant form:

whole, entire, all, complete, fulfill, maintain, keep whole or intact
Readings
Mandarin: ㄑㄩㄢˊ (quán)
Cantonese: cyun4
Japanese: ゼン (zen)、 セン (sen) / まった.く (mattaku)、 すべ.て (subete)、 まったい (mattai)、 まっとうする (mattousuru)
Korean: 전 (jeon)
Vietnamese: toàn