玄奘

Chinese

		black; mysterious	fat; stout; great
trad. (玄奘)		玄	奘
simp. #(玄奘)		玄	奘

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xuánzàng, Xuánzhuāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄗㄤˋ, ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄓㄨㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ zong⁶
• Eastern Min (BUC): Hièng-câung
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Hiân-chōng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xuánzàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄗㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Syuánzàng
    • Wade–Giles: Hsüan²-tsang⁴
    • Yale: Sywán-dzàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shyuantzanq
    • Palladius: Сюаньцзан (Sjuanʹczan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn³⁵ t͡sɑŋ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, common variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xuánzhuāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄓㄨㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Syuánjhuang
    • Wade–Giles: Hsüan²-chuang¹
    • Yale: Sywán-jwāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shyuanjuang
    • Palladius: Сюаньчжуан (Sjuanʹčžuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun⁴ zong⁶
    • Yale: yùhn johng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ dzong⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴ zong⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ t͡sɔːŋ²²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Hièng-câung
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hieŋ⁵³⁻²¹ ^(t͡s-)ʒɑuŋ²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hiân-chōng
    • Tâi-lô: Hiân-tsōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hienzong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiɛn²⁴⁻²² t͡sɔŋ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɛn²⁴⁻²² t͡sɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɛn¹³⁻²² t͡sɔŋ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɛn²³⁻³³ t͡sɔŋ³³/

Proper noun

玄奘

1. Xuanzang (Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, traveller, and translator who described the interaction between China and India in the early Tang dynasty)

Synonyms

• 唐三藏 (Tángsānzàng)
• 三藏 (sānzàng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (玄奘):

• → Japanese: 玄(げん)奘(じょう) (genjō)
• → Korean: 현장(玄奘) (hyeonjang)
• → Vietnamese: Huyền Trang (玄奘)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
玄	奘
げん Grade: S	じょう Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑo̞ː]

Proper noun

玄(げん)奘(じょう) • (Genjō) ^{←げんじやう (genzyau)?}

1. Xuanzang, Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, traveller, and translator who described the interaction between China and India in the early Tang dynasty

Korean

Hanja in this term
玄	奘

Proper noun

玄奘 • (Hyeonjang) (hangeul 현장)

1. Hanja form^? of 현장 (“Xuanzang, Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, traveller, and translator who described the interaction between China and India in the early Tang dynasty”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
玄	奘

Proper noun

玄奘

1. chữ Hán form of Huyền Trang (“Xuanzang, Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, traveller, and translator who described the interaction between China and India in the early Tang dynasty”).