閻浮

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (閻浮)		閻	浮
simp. (阎浮)		阎	浮

Etymology

From Sanskrit जम्बु (jambū, “rose apple, jambul”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yánfú

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ ㄈㄨˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yánfú
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄈㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yánfú
  - Wade–Giles: yen²-fu²
  - Yale: yán-fú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanfwu
  - Palladius: яньфу (janʹfu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn³⁵ fu³⁵/

Middle Chinese: yem bjuw

Rime
Character	閻	浮
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	鹽 (153)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	余廉切	縛謀切
Baxter	yem	bjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiᴇm/	/bɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɛm/	/biu/
Shao Rongfen	/jæm/	/biəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jiam/	/buw/
Li Rong	/iɛm/	/biu/
Wang Li	/jĭɛm/	/bĭəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯ɛm/	/bʱi̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yán	fóu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jim⁴	fau⁴

Noun

閻浮

Syzygium cumini

Proper noun

閻浮

Short for 閻浮提／阎浮提 (yánfútí).

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