樓煩

樓煩

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (樓煩)		樓	煩
simp. (楼烦)		楼	烦

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Lóufán

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄡˊ ㄈㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁴ faan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Lóufán
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄡˊ ㄈㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Lóufán
    • Wade–Giles: Lou²-fan²
    • Yale: Lóu-fán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Loufarn
    • Palladius: Лоуфань (Loufanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /loʊ̯³⁵ fän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lau⁴ faan⁴
    • Yale: làuh fàahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁴ faan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: leo⁴ fan⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯²¹ faːn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /ləu  bʉɐn/

Rime
Character	樓	煩
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)	元 (66)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	落侯切	附袁切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ləu/	/bʉɐn/
Pan Wuyun	/ləu/	/bʷiɐn/
Shao Rongfen	/ləu/	/biuɐn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ləw/	/buan/
Li Rong	/lu/	/biuɐn/
Wang Li	/ləu/	/bĭwɐn/
Bernard Karlgren	/lə̯u/	/bʱi̯wɐn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lóu	fán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lau4	faan4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡ·roː  ban/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	煩
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	fán
Middle Chinese	‹ bjon ›
Old Chinese	/*[b]a[n]/
English	troubled
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	樓	煩
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	8453	2943
Phonetic component	婁	煩
Rime group	侯	元
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	樓	煩
Old Chinese	/*ɡ·roː/	/*ban/

Proper noun

樓煩

1. (historical) Loufan (an ancient nomadic tribe in northern China known for horse archery)
2. (～縣) (historical) Loufan (a county of the state of Zhao, around modern-day Ningwu, Shanxi, China)
3. (～縣) (historical) Loufan (a county under the Tang dynasty, in modern-day Loufan, Shanxi, China)
4. (～關) (historical) Loufan (an ancient pass, located in Ningwu, Shanxi, China)
5. (～郡) (historical) Loufan (a commandery under the Sui and Tang dynasties in modern-day Shanxi, China)

See also

• 婁煩／娄烦 (Lóufán)