羅布泊
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Chinese
| phonetic | lake | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (羅布泊) | 羅布 | 泊 | |
| simp. (罗布泊) | 罗布 | 泊 | |
Etymology
Partial calque of Written Oirat ᠯᠣ᠊ᠫ
ᠨᡇᡇᠷ (Lob nuur), from ᠯᠣ᠊ᠫ (Lob) + ᠨᡇᡇᠷ (nuur, “lake”), where the former is itself of unknown origin from older times.
A detailed discussion on the etymology of this word can be found in Notes on Marco Polo, by French Sinologist Paul Pelliot. Compare English Lop Nur.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄆㄛ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Luóbù po
- Wade–Giles: Lo2-pu4 pʻo1
- Yale: Lwó-bù pwō
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Luobuh po
- Palladius: Лобу по (Lobu po)
- Sinological IPA (key): /lu̯ɔ³⁵ pu⁵¹ pʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄛˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Luóbù bó
- Wade–Giles: Lo2-pu4 po2
- Yale: Lwó-bù bwó
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Luobuh bor
- Palladius: Лобу бо (Lobu bo)
- Sinological IPA (key): /lu̯ɔ³⁵ pu⁵¹ pu̯ɔ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄆㄛˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Luóbù pò
- Wade–Giles: Lo2-pu4 pʻo4
- Yale: Lwó-bù pwò
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Luobuh poh
- Palladius: Лобу по (Lobu po)
- Sinological IPA (key): /lu̯ɔ³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻⁵³ pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: lo4 bou3 bok6
- Yale: lòh bou bohk
- Cantonese Pinyin: lo4 bou3 bok9
- Guangdong Romanization: lo4 bou3 bog6
- Sinological IPA (key): /lɔː²¹ pou̯³³ pɔːk̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Proper noun
羅布泊
- Lop Nur (former salt lake in China)
- (～鎮) Luobupo (a town in Ruoqiang, Bayingolin prefecture, Xinjiang, China)
Synonyms
See also
- 尉犁 (Yùlí)
Further reading
- Pelliot, Paul (1963) Notes on Marco Polo, volume 2, Paris: L’Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres et Avec Le Concours Du Centre National de La Recherche Scientifique, page 770