奄蔡

Chinese

		suddenly; to embrace; castrate suddenly; to embrace; castrate; to delay	surname
trad. (奄蔡)		奄	蔡
simp. #(奄蔡)		奄	蔡

Etymology

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Schuessler (2009) reconstructs Later Han Chinese pronunciation *ʔɨam^B-sɑ^C and compares this to Latin transcription Abzoae found in Pliny the Elder's Natural History VI, 38; Abzoae has been compared to 闔蘇 (OC *ĥa̱p-sa̱ĥ) (Hulsewé, 1979), another name of 奄蔡, according to Yan Shigu (Yu, 1998).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yǎncài

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ ㄘㄞˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yǎncài
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ ㄘㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yǎncài
    • Wade–Giles: Yen³-tsʻai⁴
    • Yale: Yǎn-tsài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yeantsay
    • Palladius: Яньцай (Janʹcaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹/

Proper noun

奄蔡

1. Alans (Iranian nomadic pastoral people of antiquity)