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Chinese
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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鸞
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
|
luán
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Middle
Chinese
|
‹ lwan ›
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Old
Chinese
|
/*ˁon/
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| English
|
phoenix
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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.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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鸞
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鳳
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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| No.
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8613
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2935
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Phonetic
component
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|
凡
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Rime
group
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元
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侵
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Rime
subdivision
|
3
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3
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Corresponding
MC rime
|
鑾
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鳳
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Old
Chinese
|
/*b·roːn/
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/*bums/
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Noun
鸞鳳
- (archaic) luan and phoenix
- (archaic) person of outstanding ability; distinguished talent
- (literary) husband and wife; married couple
Synonyms
- (person of outstanding ability):
- 大器 (dàqì) (figurative)
- 大材 (dàcái) (literary)
- 絕才 / 绝才 (juécái) (literary)
- 茂士 (màoshì) (literary)
- 英才 (yīngcái)
- 豪傑 / 豪杰 (háojié) (literary)
- 賢材 / 贤材 (xiáncái) (literary)
- 高能 (gāonéng) (literary)
- 麒麟 (qílín) (literary)
- 龍虎 / 龙虎 (lónghǔ) (figurative)
Adjective
鸞鳳
- (literary) gallant; handsome
Japanese
Noun
鸞鳳 • (ranhō)
- luanniao and fenghuang
- (figurative) a gentleman of merit
- (figurative) (due to the vows undertaken between them) comrades, husband and wife