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玄奘

玄奘

Chinese

		black; mysterious	fat; stout; great
simp. and trad. (玄奘)		玄	奘

Proper noun

玄奘

Xuanzang, Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, traveller, and translator who described the interaction between China and India in the early Tang dynasty

Synonyms

三藏 (sānzàng)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): Xuánzàng, Xuánzhuāng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄗㄤˋ, ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄓㄨㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ zong⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: Xuánzàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄗㄤˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shyuantzanq
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn³⁵ t͡sɑŋ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, common variant)⁺
  - Pinyin: Xuánzhuāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄓㄨㄤ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shyuanjuang
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyun⁴ zong⁶
  - Yale: yùhn johng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ dzong⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ t͡sɔːŋ²²/