樓蘭
Chinese edit
phonetic | |||
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trad. (樓蘭) | 樓 | 蘭 | |
simp. (楼兰) | 楼 | 兰 |
Etymology edit
From a name in the native language of the kingdom, possibly of the shape *Kro-ran. Compare Modern Uyghur كروران (kroran, “Loulan”), Russian Крорайна (Krorajna).
First attested in the Records of the Grand Historian.
Pronunciation edit
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄡˊ ㄌㄢˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Lóulán
- Wade–Giles: Lou2-lan2
- Yale: Lóu-lán
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Loulan
- Palladius: Лоулань (Loulanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /loʊ̯³⁵ län³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: lau4 laan4
- Yale: làuh làahn
- Cantonese Pinyin: lau4 laan4
- Guangdong Romanization: leo4 lan4
- Sinological IPA (key): /lɐu̯²¹ laːn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Middle Chinese: luw lan
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*ɡ·roː ɡ·raːn/
Proper noun edit
樓蘭
- (~國) Loulan Kingdom (an ancient kingdom in western China)
- (~社區) Loulan (a residential community in Ruoqiang, Ruoqiang, Bayingolin prefecture, Xinjiang, China)