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ちんぶん【見聞】 : chinbun | define meaning

chinbun

Pronunciation: [t͡ɕim̩buŋ̍]

Definition

Noun

Knowledge; personal experience; observation; information

Etymology

Cognate with standard Japanese けんぶん【見聞】 kenbun "information" and its variant けんもん kenmon. Ultimately from Chinese 【見聞・见闻】 "knowledge" (cf. Mandarin jiànwén; Cantonese gin3 man6; Hokkien kiàn-bûn).

Historical Ryukyuan attestations

沖縄語典 Okinawa goten (Okinawan language dictionary) (1896), by Masayo Nakamoto, records "「ちんぶん」見聞（ケンブン）".

Spelling

Orthography	Form
Kanji	見聞
Kana	ちんぶん
Romanization	chinbun
Pronunciation (IPA)	[t͡ɕim̩buŋ̍]

意味：けんぶん・けんもん【見聞】

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2025, June 4). ちんぶん【見聞】 : chinbun | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, December 5, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/7170/chinbun/.