阿羅本

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (阿羅本)		阿	羅	本
simp. (阿罗本)		阿	罗	本

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from a Semitic language.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Āluóběn

  (Zhuyin): ㄚ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄅㄣˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Āluóběn
    • Zhuyin: ㄚ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄅㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Aluóběn
    • Wade–Giles: A¹-lo²-pên³
    • Yale: Ā-lwó-běn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Aluobeen
    • Palladius: Алобэнь (Alobɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀä⁵⁵ lu̯ɔ³⁵ pən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

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• Middle Chinese: 'a la pwonX

Rime
Character	阿	羅	本
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	來 (37)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)	歌 (94)	魂 (55)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	I	I
Fanqie	烏何切	魯何切	布忖切
Baxter	'a	la	pwonX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɑ/	/lɑ/	/puənX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɑ/	/lɑ/	/puonX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɑ/	/lɑ/	/puənX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔa/	/la/	/pwənX/
Li Rong	/ʔɑ/	/lɑ/	/puənX/
Wang Li	/ɑ/	/lɑ/	/puənX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔɑ/	/lɑ/	/puənX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ē	luó	běn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	o1	lo4	bun2

Proper noun

阿羅本

1. Alopen (c. 635 CE), the first Christian missionary in China