阿難陀

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (阿難陀)		阿	難	陀
simp. (阿难陀)		阿	难	陀

Etymology

Ultimately from Sanskrit आनन्द (ānanda).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Ānántuó

  (Zhuyin): ㄚ ㄋㄢˊ ㄊㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aa³ naan⁴ to⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Ānántuó
    • Zhuyin: ㄚ ㄋㄢˊ ㄊㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Anántuó
    • Wade–Giles: A¹-nan²-tʻo²
    • Yale: Ā-nán-twó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Anantwo
    • Palladius: Ананьто (Ananʹto)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀä⁵⁵ nän³⁵ tʰu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: aa³ naan⁴ to⁴
    • Yale: a nàahn tòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aa³ naan⁴ to⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: a³ nan⁴ to⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aː³³ naːn²¹ tʰɔː²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: 'a nan|nanH da

Rime
Character	阿	難	難	陀
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	泥 (8)	泥 (8)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)	寒 (61)	寒 (61)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I	I	I
Fanqie	烏何切	那干切	奴案切	徒河切
Baxter	'a	nan	nanH	da
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɑ/	/nɑn/	/nɑnH/	/dɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɑ/	/nɑn/	/nɑnH/	/dɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɑ/	/nɑn/	/nɑnH/	/dɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔa/	/nan/	/nanH/	/da/
Li Rong	/ʔɑ/	/nɑn/	/nɑnH/	/dɑ/
Wang Li	/ɑ/	/nɑn/	/nɑnH/	/dɑ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔɑ/	/nɑn/	/nɑnH/	/dʱɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ē	nán	nàn	tuó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	o1	naan4	naan6	to4

Proper noun

阿難陀

1. (Buddhism) Ananda