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

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/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/i̯ɛm/ /bʱi̯ə̯u/ /dʱiei/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yán fóu tí
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		jim4 fau4 tai4

Proper 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
  4. 閻浮／阎浮 (yánfú)

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)
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