迦毗羅衛

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (迦毗羅衛/迦毗羅衞)		迦	毗	羅	衛/衞
simp. (迦毗罗卫)		迦	毗	罗	卫

Etymology

From Sanskrit कपिलवस्तु (kapilavastu), from कपिल (kapila) +‎ वस्तु (vastu).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Jiāpíluówèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚ ㄆㄧˊ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄨㄟˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Jiāpíluówèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚ ㄆㄧˊ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jiapíluówèi
    • Wade–Giles: Chia¹-pʻi²-lo²-wei⁴
    • Yale: Jyā-pí-lwó-wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jiapyiluowey
    • Palladius: Цзяпиловэй (Czjapilovɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ pʰi³⁵ lu̯ɔ³⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: kae bjij la hjwejH

Rime
Character	迦	毗	羅	衛
Reading #	2/2	1/1	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	並 (3)	來 (37)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)	脂 (15)	歌 (94)	祭 (38)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open	Closed
Division (等)	II	III	I	III
Fanqie	古牙切	房脂切	魯何切	于歲切
Baxter	kae	bjij	la	hjwejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠa/	/biɪ/	/lɑ/	/ɦˠiuᴇiH/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚa/	/bi/	/lɑ/	/ɦʷᵚieiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ka/	/bjɪ/	/lɑ/	/ɣiuæiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaɨ/	/bi/	/la/	/ɦjwiajH/
Li Rong	/ka/	/bi/	/lɑ/	/ɣjuɛiH/
Wang Li	/ka/	/bi/	/lɑ/	/ɣĭwɛiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ka/	/bʱi/	/lɑ/	/i̯wɛiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiā	pí	luó	wèi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gaa1	pei4	lo4	wai6

Proper noun

迦毗羅衛

1. Kapilavastu (ancient lost city in South Asia)