崑崙

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (崑崙/昆侖*)		崑/昆	崙/侖
simp. (昆仑*)		昆	仑
alternative forms		崐崘 崑崘

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Kūnlún

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄣ ㄌㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwan¹ leon⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Kūnlún
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄣ ㄌㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Kunlún
    • Wade–Giles: Kʻun¹-lun²
    • Yale: Kwūn-lwún
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Kuenluen
    • Palladius: Куньлунь (Kunʹlunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ən⁵⁵ lu̯ən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kwan¹ leon⁴
    • Yale: kwān lèuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwan¹ loen⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: kuen¹ lên⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐn⁵⁵ lɵn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: kwon lwon

Rime
Character	崑	崙
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	魂 (55)	魂 (55)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	古渾切	盧昆切
Baxter	kwon	lwon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuən/	/luən/
Pan Wuyun	/kuon/	/luon/
Shao Rongfen	/kuən/	/luən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwən/	/lwən/
Li Rong	/kuən/	/luən/
Wang Li	/kuən/	/luən/
Bernard Karlgren	/kuən/	/luən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gūn	lún
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwan1	leon4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kuːn  ruːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	崑	崙
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	7523	8650
Phonetic component	昆	侖
Rime group	文	文
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	昆	論
Old Chinese	/*kuːn/	/*ruːn/
Notes	見爾雅

Proper noun

崑崙

1. (～山) Kunlun Mountains (a mountain range in Xinjiang, Qinghai and Tibet in China)
2. (mythology) Kunlun (a mountain in Chinese mythology)
3. (～關) Kunlun Pass (a mountain pass in Guangxi, China)
4. (historical) an area including southern Indochina and Southeast Asian islands
5. (～島) Côn Sơn Island (an island in Vietnam)

Noun

崑崙

1. (Classical) Short for 崑崙奴／昆仑奴 (kūnlúnnú).
2. (Classical) black people
3. (Taoism) head
4. (Classical) navel

Derived terms

• 喀喇崑崙／喀喇昆仑
• 崑崙兒／昆仑儿 (kūnlún'ér)
• 崑崙奴／昆仑奴 (kūnlúnnú)