徐羅伐

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (徐羅伐)		徐	羅	伐
simp. (徐罗伐)		徐	罗	伐
alternative forms		徐那伐徐伐

Etymology

First attested in the Samguk Sagi (1145) as 徐那伐 (MC *zyo na buot) and the Samguk Yusa (c. 1281) as 徐羅伐 (MC *zyo la buot).

始祖姓朴氏……國號徐那伐。 [MSC, trad.]

始祖姓朴氏……国号徐那伐。 [MSC, simp.]

From: Samguk Sagi, 1145

Shǐzǔ xìng Pǔ shì...... Guóhào Xúnàfá. [Pinyin]

The progenitor's surname was Park... [and his] country was named Zyonabuot.

國號徐羅伐又徐伐〈今俗訓亰字云徐伐以此故也〉…… [MSC, trad.]

国号徐罗伐又徐伐〈今俗训亰字云徐伐以此故也〉…… [MSC, simp.]

From: Samguk Yusa, c. 1281

guóhào Xúluófá yòu Xúfá ‘jīn sú xùn 亰 zì yún Xúfá yǐcǐ gù yě’...... [Pinyin]

The country was named Zyolabuot or Zyobuot <nowadays in the vernacular, the character 亰 (capital) is read as Seobeol for this reason>...

A phonogramic writing of an Old Korean word ancestral to Middle Korean 셔ᄫᅳᆯ (Yale: syeWul), meaning "capital". See Korean 서울 (Seoul) for more.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Xúluófá

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩˊ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄈㄚˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi⁴ lo⁴ fat⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Xúluófá
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩˊ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄈㄚˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Syúluófá
  - Wade–Giles: Hsü²-lo²-fa²
  - Yale: Syú-lwó-fá
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shyuluofar
  - Palladius: Сюйлофа (Sjujlofa)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy³⁵ lu̯ɔ³⁵ fä³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ceoi⁴ lo⁴ fat⁶
  - Yale: chèuih lòh faht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey⁴ lo⁴ fat⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: cêu⁴ lo⁴ fed⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵy̯²¹ lɔː²¹ fɐt̚²/

Middle Chinese: zjo la bjot

Rime
Character	徐	羅	伐
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	邪 (17)	來 (37)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)	歌 (94)	月 (68)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	I	III
Fanqie	似魚切	魯何切	房越切
Baxter	zjo	la	bjot
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/zɨʌ/	/lɑ/	/bʉɐt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ziɔ/	/lɑ/	/bʷiɐt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ziɔ/	/lɑ/	/biuɐt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/zɨə̆/	/la/	/buat̚/
Li Rong	/ziɔ/	/lɑ/	/biuɐt̚/
Wang Li	/zĭo/	/lɑ/	/bĭwɐt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/zi̯wo/	/lɑ/	/bʱi̯wɐt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xú	luó	fá
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ceoi⁴	lo⁴	faat⁶

Proper noun

徐羅伐

Seorabeol, the capital of the ancient Korean kingdom of Silla; modern Gyeongju
the kingdom of Silla