白蓮

Chinese

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): báilián

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄌㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ lin⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: báilián
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄌㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: báilián
  - Wade–Giles: pai²-lien²
  - Yale: bái-lyán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairlian
  - Palladius: байлянь (bajljanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ li̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: baak⁶ lin⁴
  - Yale: baahk lìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ lin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ lin⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² liːn²¹/

Middle Chinese: baek len

Rime
Character	白	蓮
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	陌 (113)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	IV
Fanqie	傍陌切	落賢切
Baxter	baek	len
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bˠæk̚/	/len/
Pan Wuyun	/bᵚak̚/	/len/
Shao Rongfen	/bak̚/	/lɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/baɨjk̚/	/lɛn/
Li Rong	/bɐk̚/	/len/
Wang Li	/bɐk̚/	/lien/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱɐk̚/	/lien/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bó	lián
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bak⁶	lin⁴

Etymology 1

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	lotus
trad. (白蓮)		白	蓮
simp. (白莲)		白	莲

Noun

白蓮

white lotus
white lotus-shaped lamp

Derived terms

白蓮教 / 白莲教 (Báiliánjiào)
白蓮會 / 白莲会
白蓮池 / 白莲池
白蓮社 / 白莲社

Etymology 2

		phonetic
trad. (白蓮)		白	蓮
simp. (白莲)		白	莲

Proper noun

白蓮

name of an ancient state; probably located in modern Bahrain

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
白	蓮
びゃく Grade: 1	れん Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) びゃくれん [byàkúꜜrèǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]
(Tokyo) びゃくれん [byáꜜkùrèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [bʲa̠kɯ̟ɾẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

白(びゃく)蓮(れん) • (byakuren) ^{←びやくれん (byakuren)^?}

white lotus

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
白	蓮
しら Grade: 1	はす Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

From the kunyomi readings 白(しら) (shira) + 蓮(はす) (hasu).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɕiɾa̠ha̠sɨ]

Noun

白(しら)蓮(はす) • (shirahasu)

white lotus
- 1918, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Kumo no ito [The Spider's Thread]‎^[1]:
  
  玉(ぎょく)のような白(しら)蓮(はす)の間(あいだ)から
  gyoku no yō na shirahasu no aida kara
  from between the jade-like white lotuses

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“白^▲蓮”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026