羅布泊

Chinese

phonetic to anchor; touch at; to moor
trad. (羅布泊)
simp. (罗布泊)

Etymology

A detailed discussion on the etymology of this word can be found in Notes on Marco Polo, by French Sinologist Paul Pelliot.

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Luóbù pō, Luóbù bó, Luóbù pò
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄆㄛ, ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄛˊ, ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄆㄛˋ
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): lo4 bou3 bok6

Proper noun

羅布泊

  1. Lop Nur (former salt lake in China)
  2. () Luobupo (a town in Ruoqiang, Bayingolin prefecture, Xinjiang, China)

Synonyms

See also

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