古蘭

See also: 古兰

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (古蘭)		古	蘭
simp. (古兰)		古	兰

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الْقُرْآن (al-qurʔān).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): Gǔlán

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ ㄌㄢˊ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): гўлан (gwlan, I-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gu² laan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Gǔlán
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄌㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Gǔlán
    • Wade–Giles: Ku³-lan²
    • Yale: Gǔ-lán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Guulan
    • Palladius: Гулань (Gulanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ län³⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: гўлан (gwlan, I-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²⁴ læ̃²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gu² laan⁴
    • Yale: gú làahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gu² laan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gu² lan⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː³⁵ laːn²¹/

Proper noun

古蘭

1. Qur'an

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 古蘭經 (“Qur'an”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		古蘭經, 可蘭經
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	可蘭經, 古蘭經
	Malaysia	可蘭經
	Singapore	可蘭經
Central Plains Mandarin	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	古蘭, 古拉尼
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	古蘭經, 古蘭, 古拉尼
	Ürümqi	可蘭經
Cantonese	Hong Kong	可蘭經, 古蘭經
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	可蘭經
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	可蘭經
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	可蘭經
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	可蘭經
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	可蘭經
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	可蘭經
Southern Min	Xiamen	古蘭經, 咕嘞 dated
	Taipei	古蘭經 GT
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Derived terms

• 古蘭經／古兰经 (Gǔlánjīng)