藩國

Chinese

		fence; screen; vassal	country; state; nation
trad. (藩國)		藩	國
simp. (藩国)		藩	国

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fānguó, fánguó

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢ ㄍㄨㄛˊ, ㄈㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faan⁴ gwok³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fānguó
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fanguó
    • Wade–Giles: fan¹-kuo²
    • Yale: fān-gwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fangwo
    • Palladius: фаньго (fanʹgo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fánguó
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fánguó
    • Wade–Giles: fan²-kuo²
    • Yale: fán-gwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farngwo
    • Palladius: фаньго (fanʹgo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän³⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faan⁴ gwok³
    • Yale: fàahn gwok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faan⁴ gwok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: fan⁴ guog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn²¹ kʷɔːk̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: pjon kwok

Rime
Character	藩	國
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	元 (66)	德 (132)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	甫煩切	古或切
Baxter	pjon	kwok
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʉɐn/	/kwək̚/
Pan Wuyun	/pʷiɐn/	/kʷək̚/
Shao Rongfen	/piuɐn/	/kuək̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/puan/	/kwək̚/
Li Rong	/piuɐn/	/kuək̚/
Wang Li	/pĭwɐn/	/kuək̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/pi̯wɐn/	/kwək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fān	guo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	faan1	gwak1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*par  [C.q]ʷˤək/

  (Zhengzhang): /*pan  kʷɯːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	藩	國
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	fān	guó
Middle Chinese	‹ pjon ›	‹ kwok ›
Old Chinese	/*par/	/*[C.q]ʷˁək/
English	hedge, screen, fence	state (n.)
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	藩	國
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	2885	5547
Phonetic component	番	或
Rime group	元	職
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	蕃	國
Old Chinese	/*pan/	/*kʷɯːɡ/

Noun

藩國

1. feudal state; vassal state