藍田

Chinese

		blue; indigo plant; surname	field; farm
trad. (藍田)		藍	田
simp. (蓝田)		蓝	田

Etymology

"Lantian, Shaanxi"

Attested as a pre-Qin place name.

"Lam Tin, Kwun Tong district, Hong Kong"

Renamed from 鹹田／咸田 (haam4 tin4, “salty field”) in 1970, influenced by the positive connotations of 藍田 / 蓝田 (e.g. in 藍田生玉／蓝田生玉).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Lántián

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄢˊ ㄊㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): laam⁴ tin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Lántián
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄢˊ ㄊㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Lántián
    • Wade–Giles: Lan²-tʻien²
    • Yale: Lán-tyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Lantyan
    • Palladius: Ланьтянь (Lanʹtjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /län³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: laam⁴ tin⁴
    • Yale: làahm tìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: laam⁴ tin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lam⁴ tin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laːm²¹ tʰiːn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: lam den

Rime
Character	藍	田
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	談 (143)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	IV
Fanqie	魯甘切	徒年切
Baxter	lam	den
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɑm/	/den/
Pan Wuyun	/lɑm/	/den/
Shao Rongfen	/lɑm/	/dɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lam/	/dɛn/
Li Rong	/lɑm/	/den/
Wang Li	/lɑm/	/dien/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lɑm/	/dʱien/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lán	tián
Expected Cantonese Reflex	laam4	tin4

Proper noun

藍田

1. (～縣) Lantian (a county of Xi'an, Shaanxi, China)
2. (～街道) Lantian (a subdistrict of Lianyuan, Loudi, Hunan, China)
3. Lam Tin (an area in Kwun Tong district, Hong Kong)
4. (～村) Lam Tin Tsuen (a village in Kwai Tsing district, New Territories, Hong Kong, on Tsing Yi Island)

Derived terms

• 藍田人 / 蓝田人 (Lántiánrén)
• 藍田出玉 / 蓝田出玉
• 藍田猿人 / 蓝田猿人
• 藍田玉 / 蓝田玉
• 藍田生玉 / 蓝田生玉 (lántiánshēngyù)
• 藍田種玉 / 蓝田种玉

 

Descendants

• → English: Lam Tin, Lantian, Lantien