羅布淖爾

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (羅布淖爾)		羅	布	淖	爾
simp. (罗布淖尔)		罗	布	淖	尔

Etymology

Borrowed from Written Oirat ᠯᠣ᠊ᠫ
ᠨᡇᡇᠷ (Lob nuur), from ᠯᠣ᠊ᠫ (Lob) +‎ ᠨᡇᡇᠷ (nuur, “lake”), where the former is itself of unknown origin from older times. A detailed discussion on the etymology of this word can be found in Notes on Marco Polo, by French Sinologist Paul Pelliot. Compare English Lop Nur.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Luóbùnào'ěr

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄋㄠˋ ㄦˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Luóbùnào'ěr
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄋㄠˋ ㄦˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Luóbùnào-ěr
    • Wade–Giles: Lo²-pu⁴-nao⁴-êrh³
    • Yale: Lwó-bù-nàu-ěr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Luobuhnaweel
    • Palladius: Лобунаоэр (Lobunaoer)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ɔ³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻⁵³ nɑʊ̯⁵¹ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Proper noun

羅布淖爾

1. (dated) Lop Nur

Synonyms

• 羅布泊／罗布泊 (Luóbù pō)

See also

• 尉犁 (Yùlí)

Further reading

• Pelliot, Paul (1963) Notes on Marco Polo‎, volume 2, Paris: L’Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres et Avec Le Concours Du Centre National de La Recherche Scientifique, page 770