真番

Chinese

		real; true; genuine	(measure word for acts); deeds; foreign (measure word for acts); deeds; foreign; surname; place name
trad. (真番/眞番)		真/眞	番
simp. (真番)		真	番

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Zhēnfān

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣ ㄈㄢ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Zhēnfān
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣ ㄈㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jhenfan
    • Wade–Giles: Chên¹-fan¹
    • Yale: Jēn-fān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jenfan
    • Palladius: Чжэньфань (Čžɛnʹfanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ fän⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyin phjon

Rime
Character	真	番
Reading #	1/1	2/5
Initial (聲)	章 (23)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)	元 (66)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	側鄰切	孚袁切
Baxter	tsyin	phjon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiɪn/	/pʰʉɐn/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕin/	/pʰʷiɐn/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕjen/	/pʰiuɐn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cin/	/pʰuan/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiĕn/	/pʰiuɐn/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭĕn/	/pʰĭwɐn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯ĕn/	/pʰi̯wɐn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhēn	fān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zan1	faan1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ti[n]  pʰar/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔljin  pʰan/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	真	番
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhēn	fān
Middle Chinese	‹ tsyin ›	‹ phjon ›
Old Chinese	/*ti[n]/	/*pʰar/
English	true, real	a turn, a time
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	真	番
Reading #	1/1	4/5
No.	17068	2889
Phonetic component	眞	番
Rime group	眞	元
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime		飜
Old Chinese	/*ʔljin/	/*pʰan/
Notes	原側鄰切依韻目改。金文象以匕充填鼎實爲填初文， 充實引指眞實不虛

Proper noun

真番

1. (historical) (～郡) Zhenfan Commandery (a commandery of the Han dynasty)