藍田

Chinese

		blue; indigo plant; surname	field; farm
trad. (藍田)		藍	田
simp. (蓝田)		蓝	田

Etymology

"Lantian, Shaanxi": Attested as a pre-Qin place name.

"Lam Tin, Kwun Tong district, Hong Kong": Renamed from 鹹田／咸田 (haam4 tin4, “salty field”) in 1970, influenced by the positive connotations of 藍田／蓝田 (e.g. in 藍田生玉／蓝田生玉).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Lántián

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄢˊ ㄊㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): laam⁴ tin⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Lántián
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄢˊ ㄊㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Lántián
  - Wade–Giles: Lan²-tʻien²
  - Yale: Lán-tyán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Lantyan
  - Palladius: Ланьтянь (Lanʹtjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /län³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: laam⁴ tin⁴
  - Yale: làahm tìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: laam⁴ tin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: lam⁴ tin⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /laːm²¹ tʰiːn²¹/

Middle Chinese: lam den

Rime
Character	藍	田
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	談 (143)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	IV
Fanqie	魯甘切	徒年切
Baxter	lam	den
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɑm/	/den/
Pan Wuyun	/lɑm/	/den/
Shao Rongfen	/lɑm/	/dɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lam/	/dɛn/
Li Rong	/lɑm/	/den/
Wang Li	/lɑm/	/dien/
Bernard Karlgren	/lɑm/	/dʱien/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lán	tián
Expected Cantonese Reflex	laam⁴	tin⁴

Proper noun

藍田

(～縣) Lantian (a county of Xi'an, Shaanxi, China)
(～街道) Lantian (a subdistrict of Lianyuan, Loudi, Hunan, China)
Lam Tin (an area in Kwun Tong district, Hong Kong)
(～村) Lam Tin Tsuen (a village in Kwai Tsing district, New Territories, Hong Kong, on Tsing Yi Island)

Derived terms

藍田人／蓝田人 (Lántiánrén)
藍田出玉／蓝田出玉
藍田猿人／蓝田猿人
藍田玉／蓝田玉
藍田生玉／蓝田生玉 (lántiánshēngyù)
藍田種玉／蓝田种玉

Descendants

→ English: Lam Tin, Lantian, Lantien

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