博羅

Chinese

		extensive; ample; rich extensive; ample; rich; obtain; aim; to win; to get; plentiful; to gamble	to collect; to gather; to catch to collect; to gather; to catch; to shift; gauze
trad. (博羅)		博	羅
simp. (博罗)		博	罗

Etymology

The first syllable, 博 (MC pak), may be related to Proto-Tai *paːkᴰ (“mouth”) (whence Zhuang bak).

It is attested in Hanshu as the name of one of the six counties of the Nanhai Commandery (南海郡) during the Western Han. Compare 縛婁 (OC *baːɡs/baɡ ɡ·roː/ɡ·ro), the name of a state of the Baiyue mentioned by the Lüshi Chunqiu.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Bóluó

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˊ ㄌㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bok³ lo⁴

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Bóluó
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ ㄌㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Bóluó
    • Wade–Giles: Po²-lo²
    • Yale: Bwó-lwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Borluo
    • Palladius: Боло (Bolo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵ lu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bok³ lo⁴
    • Yale: bok lòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bok⁸ lo⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bog³ lo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔːk̚³ lɔː²¹/

---

• Middle Chinese: pak la

Rime
Character	博	羅
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	鐸 (104)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	補各切	魯何切
Baxter	pak	la
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pwɑk̚/	/lɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/pʷɑk̚/	/lɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/puɑk̚/	/lɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pwak̚/	/la/
Li Rong	/puɑk̚/	/lɑ/
Wang Li	/puɑk̚/	/lɑ/
Bernard Karlgren	/pwɑk̚/	/lɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bo	luó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bok3	lo4

Proper noun

博羅

1. (～縣) Boluo (a county of Huizhou, Guangdong, China)