部落

Chinese

		ministry; department; section ministry; department; section; part; division; troops; board; (a measure word); (a measure word for works of literature, films, machines, etc.)	to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind
trad. (部落)		部	落
simp. #(部落)		部	落

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùluò

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou⁶ lok⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phu-lo̍k
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pǒ͘-lo̍k / pō͘-lo̍k

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bou⁶ loh⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùluò
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùluò
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-lo⁴
    • Yale: bù-lwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buhluoh
    • Palladius: було (bulo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou⁶ lok⁶
    • Yale: bouh lohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou⁶ lok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou⁶ log⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯²² lɔːk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phu-lo̍k
    • Hakka Romanization System: pu log
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pu⁴ log⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰu⁵⁵ lok̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pǒ͘-lo̍k
    • Tâi-lô: pǒo-lo̍k
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔ²² lɔk̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pō͘-lo̍k
    • Tâi-lô: pōo-lo̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poxlok
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɔ²²⁻²¹ lɔk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pɔ²²⁻²¹ lɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɔ³³⁻²¹ lɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pɔ³³⁻¹¹ lɔk̚⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bou⁶ loh⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pŏu lo̍h
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou³⁵⁻¹¹ loʔ⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: buX lak

Rime
Character	部	落
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	模 (23)	鐸 (103)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	裴古切	盧各切
Baxter	buX	lak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/buoX/	/lɑk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/buoX/	/lɑk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/boX/	/lɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bɔX/	/lak̚/
Li Rong	/boX/	/lɑk̚/
Wang Li	/buX/	/lɑk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱuoX/	/lɑk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bù	luò
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bou6	lok6

Noun

部落

1. tribe

Synonyms

• 部族 (bùzú)

Derived terms

• 部落客 (bùluòkè)
• 部落格 (bùluògé)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (部落):

• → Japanese: 部落(ぶらく) (buraku)
• → Korean: 부락(部落) (burak)
• → Vietnamese: bộ lạc (部落)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
部	落
ぶ Grade: 3	らく Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

部(ぶ)落(らく) • (buraku) 

1. hamlet, a community that is a unit of a village
2. burakumin area