乾闥婆城

Chinese

		gandharva	city
trad. (乾闥婆城)		乾闥婆	城
simp. (乾闼婆城)		乾闼婆	城
Literally: “city of the gandharvas”.

Etymology

Calque of Sanskrit गन्धर्वनगर (gandharvanagara).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiántàpó chéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄊㄚˋ ㄆㄛˊ ㄔㄥˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiántàpó chéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄊㄚˋ ㄆㄛˊ ㄔㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciántàpó chéng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien²-tʻa⁴-pʻo² chʻêng²
    • Yale: chyán-tà-pwó chéng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyantahpor cherng
    • Palladius: цяньтапо чэн (cjanʹtapo čɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ tʰä⁵¹ pʰu̯ɔ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: kan|gjen that ba dzyeng

Rime
Character	乾	乾	闥	婆	城
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	群 (30)	透 (6)	並 (3)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	寒 (61)	仙 (79)	曷 (63)	戈 (95)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	III	I	I	III
Fanqie	古寒切	渠焉切	他達切	薄波切	是征切
Baxter	kan	gjen	that	ba	dzyeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɑn/	/ɡˠiᴇn/	/tʰɑt̚/	/buɑ/	/d͡ʑiᴇŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/kɑn/	/ɡᵚiɛn/	/tʰɑt̚/	/buɑ/	/d͡ʑiɛŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/kɑn/	/ɡiæn/	/tʰɑt̚/	/buɑ/	/d͡ʑiæŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kan/	/gian/	/tʰat̚/	/bwa/	/d͡ʑiajŋ/
Li Rong	/kɑn/	/ɡjɛn/	/tʰɑt̚/	/buɑ/	/ʑiɛŋ/
Wang Li	/kɑn/	/ɡĭɛn/	/tʰɑt̚/	/buɑ/	/ʑĭɛŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kɑn/	/gi̯ɛn/	/tʰɑt̚/	/bʱuɑ/	/ʑi̯ɛŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gān	qián	ta	pó	chéng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gon1	kin4	taat3	po4	sing4

Noun

乾闥婆城

1. (Buddhism) something that is illusory though it appears to be real