拂林

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (拂林)		拂	林

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Persian hrwm (/⁠hrōm⁠/) or another Iranian language.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Fúlín

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ ㄌㄧㄣˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Fúlín
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄌㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Fúlín
    • Wade–Giles: Fu²-lin²
    • Yale: Fú-lín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Fwulin
    • Palladius: Фулинь (Fulinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵ lin³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: phjut lim

Rime
Character	拂	林
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	物 (60)	侵 (139)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	敷勿切	力尋切
Baxter	phjut	lim
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰɨut̚/	/liɪm/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰiut̚/	/lim/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰiuət̚/	/ljem/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰut̚/	/lim/
Li Rong	/pʰiuət̚/	/liəm/
Wang Li	/pʰĭuət̚/	/lĭĕm/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pʰi̯uət̚/	/li̯əm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fu	lín
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fat1	lam4

Proper noun

拂林

1. (historical) a historic name for Rome (commonly understood to refer to eastern territories of the Roman Empire).