贊普

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (贊普)		贊	普
simp. (赞普)		赞	普

Etymology

Phonetic loaning into Middle Chinese from Classical Tibetan བཙན་པོ (btsan po), literally "mighty one".

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zànpǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄢˋ ㄆㄨˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zànpǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄢˋ ㄆㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zànpǔ
  - Wade–Giles: tsan⁴-pʻu³
  - Yale: dzàn-pǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzannpuu
  - Palladius: цзаньпу (czanʹpu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sän⁵¹ pʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Middle Chinese: tsanH phuX

Rime
Character	贊	普
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	寒 (61)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	則旰切	滂古切
Baxter	tsanH	phuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sɑn^H/	/pʰuo^X/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sɑn^H/	/pʰuo^X/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sɑn^H/	/pʰo^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡san^H/	/pʰɔ^X/
Li Rong	/t͡sɑn^H/	/pʰo^X/
Wang Li	/t͡sɑn^H/	/pʰu^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sɑn^H/	/pʰuo^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zàn	pǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zaan³	pou²

Noun

贊普

(historical) Tsenpo (title of ancient Tibetan kings)