僧伽羅

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (僧伽羅)		僧	伽	羅
simp. (僧伽罗)		僧	伽	罗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Sēngjiāluó

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄥ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄌㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zang¹ gaa¹ lo⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Sēngjiāluó
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄥ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄌㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Sengjialuó
    • Wade–Giles: Sêng¹-chia¹-lo²
    • Yale: Sēng-jyā-lwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Sengjialuo
    • Palladius: Сэнцзяло (Sɛnczjalo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ lu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zang¹ gaa¹ lo⁴
    • Yale: jāng gā lòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzang¹ gaa¹ lo⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zeng¹ ga¹ lo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵ kaː⁵⁵ lɔː²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: song gja la

Rime
Character	僧	伽	羅
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	群 (30)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	登 (129)	戈 (96)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III	I
Fanqie	蘇增切	求迦切	魯何切
Baxter	song	gja	la
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/səŋ/	/ɡɨɑ/	/lɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/səŋ/	/ɡiɑ/	/lɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/səŋ/	/ɡiɑ/	/lɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/səŋ/	/gɨa/	/la/
Li Rong	/səŋ/	/ɡiɑ/	/lɑ/
Wang Li	/səŋ/	/ɡǐɑ/	/lɑ/
Bernard Karlgren	/səŋ/	/gi̯ɑ/	/lɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sēng	qié	luó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sang1	ke4	lo4

Proper noun

僧伽羅

1. Sinhala; (historical) Sri Lanka

Synonyms

(historical name of Sri Lanka): 獅子國／狮子国 (Shīziguó)

Derived terms

• 僧伽羅語／僧伽罗语 (Sēngjiāluóyǔ)