鸞鳳

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Chinese

(mythical bird); imperial male fenghuang
trad. (鸞鳳)
simp. (鸾凤)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (37) (3)
Final () (62) (2)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter lwan bjuwngH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/luɑn/ /bɨuŋH/
Pan
Wuyun
/lʷɑn/ /biuŋH/
Shao
Rongfen
/luɑn/ /biuŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/lwan/ /buwŋH/
Li
Rong
/luɑn/ /biuŋH/
Wang
Li
/luɑn/ /bĭuŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/luɑn/ /bʱi̯uŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
luán fèng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
lyun4 fung6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
luán
Middle
Chinese
‹ lwan ›
Old
Chinese
/*ˁon/
English phoenix

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 # 1/1 1/1
No. 8613 2935
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
3 3
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*b·roːn/ /*bums/

Noun

鸞鳳

  1. (archaic) luan and phoenix
  2. (archaic) person of outstanding ability; distinguished talent
  3. (literary) husband and wife; married couple

Synonyms

  • (person of outstanding ability):

Adjective

鸞鳳

  1. (literary) gallant; handsome