巴彥

Bala

Etymology

Cognate with Manchu ᠪᠠᠶᠠᠨ (bayan).

Adjective

巴彥 (bayan)

1. rich

References

• “The Only Known Text from Bala, an Extinct Tungusic Language”, in Studia Orientalia Electronica‎^[1], volume 9, number 1, 2021, pages 173–191

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (巴彥)		巴	彥
simp. (巴彦)		巴	彦

Etymology

From earlier 巴彥蘇蘇／巴彦苏苏, from Manchu ᠪᠠᠶᠠᠨ
ᠰᡠᠰᡠ (bayan susu, “prosperous ancestral land”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Bāyàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baa¹ jin⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Bāyàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Bayàn
    • Wade–Giles: Pa¹-yen⁴
    • Yale: Bā-yàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Bayann
    • Palladius: Баянь (Bajanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ jɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baa¹ jin⁶
    • Yale: bā yihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baa¹ jin⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ba¹ yin⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paː⁵⁵ jiːn²²/

Proper noun

巴彥

1. (～縣) Bayan (a county of Harbin, Heilongjiang, China)