布隆泉

Chinese

		phonetic	fountain; spring
simp. and trad. (布隆泉)		布隆	泉

Etymology

Partial calque of Afrikaans Bloemfontein. Doublet of 布隆方丹 (Bùlóngfāngdān).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Bùlóngquán

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄑㄩㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Bùlóngquán
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄑㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Bùlóngcyuán
    • Wade–Giles: Pu⁴-lung²-chʻüan²
    • Yale: Bù-lúng-chywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Buhlongchyuan
    • Palladius: Булунцюань (Buluncjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ lʊŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/

Proper noun

布隆泉

1. (chiefly Taiwan) Bloemfontein (a major city and judicial capital of South Africa)

Synonyms

• 布隆方丹 (Bùlóngfāngdān)