徐聞

Chinese

		slow; gentle; surname	hear; news; celebrated hear; news; celebrated; sniff at
trad. (徐聞)		徐	聞
simp. (徐闻)		徐	闻

Etymology

First attested in the Book of Han, as the name of a county of the Hepu Commandery in Western Han.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xúwén

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩˊ ㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi⁴ man⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xúwén
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩˊ ㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Syúwún
    • Wade–Giles: Hsü²-wên²
    • Yale: Syú-wén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shyuwen
    • Palladius: Сюйвэнь (Sjujvɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy³⁵ wən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceoi⁴ man⁴
    • Yale: chèuih màhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey⁴ man⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêu⁴ men⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵy̯²¹ mɐn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: zjo mjun

Rime
Character	徐	聞
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	邪 (17)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)	文 (59)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	似魚切	無分切
Baxter	zjo	mjun
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/zɨʌ/	/mɨun/
Pan Wuyun	/ziɔ/	/miun/
Shao Rongfen	/ziɔ/	/miuən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/zɨə̆/	/mun/
Li Rong	/ziɔ/	/miuən/
Wang Li	/zĭo/	/mĭuən/
Bernhard Karlgren	/zi̯wo/	/mi̯uən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xú	wén
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ceoi4	man4

Proper noun

徐聞

1. (～縣) Xuwen (a county of Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China)