可蘭

See also: 可兰

Chinese

		can; may; able to can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis)	orchid
trad. (可蘭)		可	蘭
simp. (可兰)		可	兰

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الْقُرْآن (al-qurʔān).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Kělán

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˇ ㄌㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ho² laan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Kělán
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˇ ㄌㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Kělán
    • Wade–Giles: Kʻo³-lan²
    • Yale: Kě-lán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Keelan
    • Palladius: Кэлань (Kɛlanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ län³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ho² laan⁴
    • Yale: hó làahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ho² laan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ho² lan⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː³⁵ laːn²¹/

Proper noun

可蘭

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

• 可蘭經／可兰经 (Kělánjīng)