阿蘭若

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (阿蘭若)		阿	蘭	若
simp. (阿兰若)		阿	兰	若

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अरण्य (araṇya, “distance, foreign country; wilderness; forest”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ālánrě

  (Zhuyin): ㄚ ㄌㄢˊ ㄖㄜˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ālánrě
    • Zhuyin: ㄚ ㄌㄢˊ ㄖㄜˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: alánrě
    • Wade–Giles: a¹-lan²-jê³
    • Yale: ā-lán-rě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: alanree
    • Palladius: аланьжэ (alanʹžɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀä⁵⁵ län³⁵ ʐɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Note: Note the pronunciation of rě for 若, not ruò as may be expected.

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• Middle Chinese: 'a lan nyaeX

Rime
Character	阿	蘭	若
Reading #	1/1	1/1	2/3
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	來 (37)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)	寒 (61)	麻 (100)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I	III
Fanqie	烏何切	落干切	人者切
Baxter	'a	lan	nyaeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɑ/	/lɑn/	/ȵiaX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɑ/	/lɑn/	/ȵiaX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɑ/	/lɑn/	/ȵʑiaX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔa/	/lan/	/ȵiaX/
Li Rong	/ʔɑ/	/lɑn/	/ȵiaX/
Wang Li	/ɑ/	/lɑn/	/ȵʑĭaX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔɑ/	/lɑn/	/ȵʑi̯aX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ē	lán	rě
Expected Cantonese Reflex	o1	laan4	je5

Noun

阿蘭若

1. (Buddhism) secluded place; Buddhist temple

Synonyms

• 蘭若／兰若 (lánrě)