藩籬

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See also: 藩篱

Chinese

fence; screen; vassal a fence
trad. (藩籬)
simp. (藩篱)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2 1/1
Initial () (3) (1) (37)
Final () (66) (66) (11)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed Open
Division () III III III
Fanqie
Baxter bjon pjon lje
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/bʉɐn/ /pʉɐn/ /liᴇ/
Pan
Wuyun
/bʷiɐn/ /pʷiɐn/ /liɛ/
Shao
Rongfen
/biuɐn/ /piuɐn/ /ljɛ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/buan/ /puan/ /liə̆/
Li
Rong
/biuɐn/ /piuɐn/ /lie/
Wang
Li
/bĭwɐn/ /pĭwɐn/ /lǐe/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/bʱi̯wɐn/ /pi̯wɐn/ /lie̯/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
fán fān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
faan4 faan1 lei4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
fān
Middle
Chinese
‹ pjon ›
Old
Chinese
/*par/
English hedge, screen, fence

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2 1/1
No. 2885 2909 7790
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*pan/ /*ban/ /*rel/

Noun

藩籬

  1. (literally) bamboo fence; twig fence; hedge (Classifier: m)
  2. (figuratively) impediment; hindrance; difficulty; obstruction; barrier
  3. (literally or figuratively) boundary; border; periphery

Synonyms

  • (bamboo fence):