拂林

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Chinese

phonetic
simp. and trad.
(拂林)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (2) (37)
Final () (60) (139)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
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).