閻浮

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (閻浮)		閻	浮
simp. (阎浮)		阎	浮

Etymology

From Sanskrit जम्बु (jambū, “rose apple, jambul”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yánfú

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ ㄈㄨˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yánfú
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄈㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yánfú
    • Wade–Giles: yen²-fu²
    • Yale: yán-fú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanfwu
    • Palladius: яньфу (janʹfu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn³⁵ fu³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: yem bjuw

Rime
Character	閻	浮
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	鹽 (153)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	余廉切	縛謀切
Baxter	yem	bjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiᴇm/	/bɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɛm/	/biu/
Shao Rongfen	/jæm/	/biəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jiam/	/buw/
Li Rong	/iɛm/	/biu/
Wang Li	/jĭɛm/	/bĭəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯ɛm/	/bʱi̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yán	fóu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jim4	fau4

Noun

閻浮

1. Syzygium cumini

Proper noun

閻浮

1. Short for 閻浮提／阎浮提 (yánfútí).