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布朗

布朗

Chinese

		to declare; to announce; to spread to declare; to announce; to spread; to make known; spread; (cotton) cloth	clear; bright
simp. and trad. (布朗)		布	朗

Proper noun

布朗

Brown

Etymology

Transliteration of the English surname Brown.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): Bùlǎng

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄤˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bou³ long⁵
Min Nan (POJ): Pò͘-lang

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: Bùlǎng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄤˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Buhlaang
  - IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ lɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bou³ long⁵
  - Yale: bou lóhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bou³ long⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /pou̯³³ lɔːŋ¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pò͘-lang
  - Tâi-lô: Pòo-lang
  - Phofsit Daibuun: porlafng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pɔ²¹⁻⁵³ laŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ laŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɔ²¹⁻⁵³ laŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pɔ¹¹⁻⁵³ laŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɔ²¹⁻⁴¹ laŋ⁴⁴/