閻浮提

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (閻浮提)		閻浮	提
simp. (阎浮提)		阎浮	提

Etymology

Ultimately from Sanskrit जम्बुद्वीप (jambudvīpa), Pali jambūdīpa.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yánfútí

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ ㄈㄨˊ ㄊㄧˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yánfútí
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄈㄨˊ ㄊㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yánfútí
    • Wade–Giles: yen²-fu²-tʻi²
    • Yale: yán-fú-tí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanfwutyi
    • Palladius: яньфути (janʹfuti)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn³⁵ fu³⁵ tʰi³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: yem bjuw dej

Rime
Character	閻	浮	提
Reading #	1/1	1/1	2/2
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	並 (3)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	鹽 (153)	尤 (136)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	IV
Fanqie	余廉切	縛謀切	杜奚切
Baxter	yem	bjuw	dej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiᴇm/	/bɨu/	/dei/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɛm/	/biu/	/dei/
Shao Rongfen	/jæm/	/biəu/	/dɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jiam/	/buw/	/dɛj/
Li Rong	/iɛm/	/biu/	/dei/
Wang Li	/jĭɛm/	/bĭəu/	/diei/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯ɛm/	/bʱi̯ə̯u/	/dʱiei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yán	fóu	tí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jim4	fau4	tai4

Noun

閻浮提

1. Jambudvipa

Synonyms

1. 南閻浮提／南阎浮提
2. 南贍部洲／南赡部洲
3. 贍部洲／赡部洲

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (閻浮提):

• → Japanese: 閻浮提(えんぶだい) (enbudai)
• → Korean: 염부제(閻浮提) (yeombuje)
• → Vietnamese: Diêm Phù Đề (閻浮提)