贊普

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (贊普)		贊	普
simp. (赞普)		赞	普

Etymology

Phonetic loaning into Middle Chinese from Classical Tibetan བཙན་པོ (btsan po), literally "mighty one".

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zànpǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄢˋ ㄆㄨˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zànpǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄢˋ ㄆㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zànpǔ
    • Wade–Giles: tsan⁴-pʻu³
    • Yale: dzàn-pǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzannpuu
    • Palladius: цзаньпу (czanʹpu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sän⁵¹ pʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

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• Middle Chinese: tsanH phuX

Rime
Character	贊	普
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	寒 (61)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	則旰切	滂古切
Baxter	tsanH	phuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sɑnH/	/pʰuoX/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sɑnH/	/pʰuoX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sɑnH/	/pʰoX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sanH/	/pʰɔX/
Li Rong	/t͡sɑnH/	/pʰoX/
Wang Li	/t͡sɑnH/	/pʰuX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sɑnH/	/pʰuoX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zàn	pǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zaan3	pou2

Noun

贊普

1. (historical) Tsenpo (title of ancient Tibetan kings)