崑崙

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): /kʰwən⁵⁵ lwən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • 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: /kuən  luən/

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

Derived terms

喀喇崑崙／喀喇昆仑 (Kālākūnlún) 崑崙兒／昆仑儿 (kūnlún'ér)

崑崙奴／昆仑奴 (kūnlúnnú)