布朗

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (布朗)		布	朗

Etymology 1

Proper noun

布朗

1. the Blang, a Palaungic-speaking ethnic group in Yunnan province, southwest China, as well as Burma and Thailand

Derived terms

• 布朗族 (Bùlǎngzú)

 

Etymology 2

From English Brown.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Bùlǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou³ long⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Pò͘-lang

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Bùlǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Bùlǎng
    • Wade–Giles: Pu⁴-lang³
    • Yale: Bù-lǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Buhlaang
    • Palladius: Булан (Bulan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ lɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou³ long⁵
    • Yale: bou lóhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou³ long⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou³ long⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³³ lɔːŋ¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pò͘-lang
    • Tâi-lô: Pòo-lang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: porlafng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pɔ²¹⁻⁵³ laŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ laŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɔ²¹⁻⁵³ laŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pɔ¹¹⁻⁵³ laŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɔ²¹⁻⁴¹ laŋ⁴⁴/

Proper noun

布朗

1. A transliteration of the English surname Brown

References

• Proper Names And Translation Service, Xinhua News Agency, editor (1993), “Brown 布朗 [英、意、芬、捷、德、法、西、葡]”, in 世界人名翻译大辞典 (in Chinese), Beijing: China Translation & Publishing Corporation, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 409.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English plum.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùlǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄤˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùlǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùlǎng
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-lang³
    • Yale: bù-lǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buhlaang
    • Palladius: булан (bulan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ lɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

布朗

1. (Mandarin) plum

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 布冧