波瀾

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See also: 波澜

Chinese

		wave; (Cantonese) ball	swelling water
trad. (波瀾)		波	瀾
simp. (波澜)		波	澜

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bōlán

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄛㄌㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bo¹ laan⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): pho-lân / po-lân

(Teochew, Peng'im): bo¹ lang⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bōlán
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄛㄌㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bolán
  - Wade–Giles: po¹-lan²
  - Yale: bwō-lán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bolan
  - Palladius: болань (bolanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ län³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    波瀾／波澜
    波蘭／波兰
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: bo¹ laan⁴
  - Yale: bō làahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bo¹ laan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: bo¹ lan⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔː⁵⁵ laːn²¹/
  - Homophones:
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    波瀾／波澜
    波蘭／波兰
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pho-lân
  - Tâi-lô: pho-lân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phoilaan
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰo⁴⁴⁻²² lan¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰo⁴⁴⁻³³ lan²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ lan²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pʰo⁴⁴⁻²² lan²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰo³³ lan²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: po-lân
  - Tâi-lô: po-lân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: poilaan
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /po³³ lan²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /po⁴⁴⁻²² lan²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bo¹ lang⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: po lâng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /po³³⁻²³ laŋ⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: pa lan

Rime
Character	波	瀾
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	戈 (95)	寒 (61)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	博禾切	落干切
Baxter	pa	lan
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/puɑ/	/lɑn/
Pan Wuyun	/puɑ/	/lɑn/
Shao Rongfen	/puɑ/	/lɑn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pwa/	/lan/
Li Rong	/puɑ/	/lɑn/
Wang Li	/puɑ/	/lɑn/
Bernard Karlgren	/puɑ/	/lɑn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bō	lán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bo¹	laan⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*paːl ɡ·raːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	波	瀾
Reading #	1/1	1/2
No.	9719	6122
Phonetic component	皮	柬
Rime group	歌	元
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	波	蘭
Old Chinese	/*paːl/	/*ɡ·raːn/

Noun

波瀾

(literary) billows; great waves
(figurative) surge (of emotion); cliffhanger

Synonyms

(billows):

波浪 (bōlàng)
波濤／波涛 (bōtāo)
浪子 (nang⁴ zi³) (Sichuanese)
浪濤／浪涛 (làngtāo)

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (波瀾):

→ Japanese: 波(は)瀾(らん) (haran)
→ Korean: 파란(波瀾) (paran)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
波	瀾
は Grade: 3	らん Hyōgai
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
波乱

Noun

波(は)瀾(らん) • (haran)

small waves and large waves
troubles, disturbance

Derived terms

波瀾万丈(はらんばんじょう) (haranbanjō)

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