鸞鳳

Chinese

		(mythical bird); imperial	male fenghuang
trad. (鸞鳳)		鸞	鳳
simp. (鸾凤)		鸾	凤

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): luánfèng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄢˊ ㄈㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lyun⁴ fung⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: luánfèng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄢˊ ㄈㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: luánfòng
    • Wade–Giles: luan²-fêng⁴
    • Yale: lwán-fèng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luanfenq
    • Palladius: луаньфэн (luanʹfɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯än³⁵ fɤŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lyun⁴ fung⁶
    • Yale: lyùhn fuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lyn⁴ fung⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: lün⁴ fung⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lyːn²¹ fʊŋ²²/

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• Middle Chinese: lwan bjuwngH

Rime
Character	鸞	鳳
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	桓 (62)	東 (2)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	落官切	馮貢切
Baxter	lwan	bjuwngH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/luɑn/	/bɨuŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/lʷɑn/	/biuŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/luɑn/	/biuŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lwan/	/buwŋH/
Li Rong	/luɑn/	/biuŋH/
Wang Li	/luɑn/	/bĭuŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/luɑn/	/bʱi̯uŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	luán	fèng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lyun4	fung6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*b·roːn  bums/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	鸞
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	luán
Middle Chinese	‹ lwan ›
Old Chinese	/*[r]ˁon/
English	phoenix
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鸞	鳳
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	8613	2935
Phonetic component		凡
Rime group	元	侵
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	鑾	鳳
Old Chinese	/*b·roːn/	/*bums/

Noun

鸞鳳

1. (archaic) luan and phoenix
2. (archaic) person of outstanding ability; distinguished talent
3. (literary) husband and wife; married couple

Synonyms

• (person of outstanding ability):

• 大器 (dàqì) (figurative)
• 大材 (dàcái) (literary)
• 絕才／绝才 (juécái) (literary)
• 茂士 (màoshì) (literary)
• 英才 (yīngcái)
• 豪傑／豪杰 (háojié) (literary)
• 賢材／贤材 (xiáncái) (literary)
• 高能 (gāonéng) (literary)
• 麒麟 (qílín) (literary)
• 龍虎／龙虎 (lónghǔ) (figurative)

 

Adjective

鸞鳳

1. (literary) gallant; handsome