富浪

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (富浪)		富	浪
alternative forms		發郎／发郎 佛郎

Etymology

A transcription of Arabic فَرَنْج (faranj); compare Persian فرنگ (farang). In Ming dynasty, Farang is translated as 佛郎機 instead.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Fùlàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˋ ㄌㄤˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Fùlàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˋ ㄌㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Fùlàng
    • Wade–Giles: Fu⁴-lang⁴
    • Yale: Fù-làng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Fuhlanq
    • Palladius: Фулан (Fulan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu⁵¹⁻⁵³ lɑŋ⁵¹/

Proper noun

富浪

1. (Yuan dynasty, archaic) Europe

Usage notes

In 《元史•郭侃傳》, it is described that Hulagu Khan (旭烈兀) had conquered this place.