白蓮

Chinese

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báilián

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄌㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ lin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báilián
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄌㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báilián
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-lien²
    • Yale: bái-lyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairlian
    • Palladius: байлянь (bajljanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ li̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ lin⁴
    • Yale: baahk lìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ lin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ lin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² liːn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: baek len

Rime
Character	白	蓮
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	陌 (113)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	IV
Fanqie	傍陌切	落賢切
Baxter	baek	len
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bˠæk̚/	/len/
Pan Wuyun	/bᵚak̚/	/len/
Shao Rongfen	/bak̚/	/lɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/baɨjk̚/	/lɛn/
Li Rong	/bɐk̚/	/len/
Wang Li	/bɐk̚/	/lien/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱɐk̚/	/lien/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bó	lián
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bak6	lin4

Etymology 1

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	lotus
trad. (白蓮)		白	蓮
simp. (白莲)		白	莲

Noun

白蓮

1. white lotus
2. white lotus-shaped lamp

Derived terms

• 白蓮教／白莲教 (Báiliánjiào)
• 白蓮會／白莲会
• 白蓮池／白莲池
• 白蓮社／白莲社

 

Etymology 2

		phonetic
trad. (白蓮)		白	蓮
simp. (白莲)		白	莲

Proper noun

白蓮

1. name of an ancient state; probably located in modern Bahrain

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
白	蓮
びゃく Grade: 1	れん Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) びゃく​れん [byàkúꜜrèǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])
• (Tokyo) びゃ​くれん [byáꜜkùrèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [bʲa̠kɯ̟ᵝɾẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

白(びゃく)蓮(れん) • (byakuren) ^{←びやくれん (byakuren)?}

1. white lotus

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
白	蓮
しら Grade: 1	はす Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

From the kunyomi readings 白(しら) (shira) + 蓮(はす) (hasu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕiɾa̠ha̠sɨᵝ]

Noun

白(しら)蓮(はす) • (shirahasu) 

1. white lotus
   • 1918, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Kumo no ito [The Spider’s Thread]‎^[1]:

     玉(ぎょく)のような白(しら)蓮(はす)の間(あいだ)から

     gyoku no yō na shirahasu no aida kara

     from between the jade-like white lotuses