勃律

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (勃律)		勃	律

Etymology

Transcription of the native name of Bolor (cf. Balawaristan on Wikipedia).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Bólǜ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˊ ㄌㄩˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Bólǜ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ ㄌㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Bólyù
    • Wade–Giles: Po²-lü⁴
    • Yale: Bwó-lyù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Borliuh
    • Palladius: Болюй (Boljuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵ ly⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: bwot lwit

Rime
Character	勃	律
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	沒 (56)	術 (52)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	蒲没切	呂卹切
Baxter	bwot	lwit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/buət̚/	/liuɪt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/buot̚/	/lʷit̚/
Shao Rongfen	/buət̚/	/ljuet̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bwət̚/	/lwit̚/
Li Rong	/buət̚/	/liuĕt̚/
Wang Li	/buət̚/	/lĭuĕt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱuət̚/	/li̯uĕt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bó	lǜ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	but6	leot6

Proper noun

勃律

1. (historical) ancient state in modern Gilgit-Baltistan

Derived terms

• 大勃律
• 小勃律