羅布泊

Chinese

		phonetic	to anchor; touch at; to moor
trad. (羅布泊)		羅布	泊
simp. (罗布泊)		罗布	泊

Etymology

A detailed discussion on the etymology of this word can be found in Notes on Marco Polo, by French Sinologist Paul Pelliot.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Luóbù pō, Luóbù bó, Luóbù pò

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄆㄛ, ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄛˊ, ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄆㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lo⁴ bou³ bok⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Luóbù pō
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄆㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Luóbù po
    • Wade–Giles: Lo²-pu⁴ pʻo¹
    • Yale: Lwó-bù pwō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Luobuh po
    • Palladius: Лобу по (Lobu po)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ɔ³⁵ pu⁵¹ pʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Luóbù bó
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Luóbù bó
    • Wade–Giles: Lo²-pu⁴ po²
    • Yale: Lwó-bù bwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Luobuh bor
    • Palladius: Лобу бо (Lobu bo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ɔ³⁵ pu⁵¹ pu̯ɔ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Luóbù pò
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄆㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Luóbù pò
    • Wade–Giles: Lo²-pu⁴ pʻo⁴
    • Yale: Lwó-bù pwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Luobuh poh
    • Palladius: Лобу по (Lobu po)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ɔ³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻⁵³ pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lo⁴ bou³ bok⁶
    • Yale: lòh bou bohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lo⁴ bou³ bok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lo⁴ bou³ bog⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔː²¹ pou̯³³ pɔːk̚²/

Proper noun

羅布泊

1. Lop Nur (former salt lake in China)
2. (～鎮) Luobupo (a town in Ruoqiang, Bayingolin prefecture, Xinjiang, China)

Synonyms

• (dated) 羅布淖爾／罗布淖尔 (Luóbùnào'ěr)

See also

• 尉犁 (Yùlí)