復旦

See also: 复旦

Chinese

		again; recover; reply to a letter again; recover; reply to a letter; to repeat; to duplicate	dawn; morning; day-break dawn; morning; day-break; day
trad. (復旦)		復	旦
simp. (复旦)		复	旦

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fùdàn, fúdàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˋ ㄉㄢˋ, ㄈㄨˊ ㄉㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fuk⁶ daan³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fùdàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˋ ㄉㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fùdàn
    • Wade–Giles: fu⁴-tan⁴
    • Yale: fù-dàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuhdann
    • Palladius: фудань (fudanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu⁵¹⁻⁵³ tän⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, common variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fúdàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄉㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fúdàn
    • Wade–Giles: fu²-tan⁴
    • Yale: fú-dàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwudann
    • Palladius: фудань (fudanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵ tän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fuk⁶ daan³
    • Yale: fuhk daan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fuk⁹ daan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: fug⁶ dan³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊk̚² taːn³³/

Etymology 1

From 復 / 复 (“again; to return”) +‎ 旦 (dàn, “dawn”).

Verb

復旦

1. (literary) to become bright again; for dawn to break again

   • 我年三十六，冉冉昏復旦。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     我年三十六，冉冉昏复旦。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Tang Dynasty, Bai Juyi, 《曲江早秋》 ("Early Autumn at Qujiang")

     Wǒ nián sānshíliù, rǎnrǎn hūn fùdàn. [Pinyin]

     I am thirty-six years old; slowly the dusk falls and dawn breaks again.

Etymology 2

The name of the university was chosen by its founder Ma Xiangbo in 1905 after he left Aurora Academy (震旦 (Zhèndàn)). It serves as a reminder of the old institution while also carrying the meaning of "reviving China" (復興中華).

The phrase 復旦 ultimately derives from the Song of Auspicious Clouds (《卿雲歌》) recorded in the Shangshu Dazhuan (《尚書大傳》):

日月光華，旦復旦兮。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]

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日月光华，旦复旦兮。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: Song of Auspicious Clouds (《卿雲歌》), in Shangshu Dazhuan (《尚書大傳》)

Rìyuè guānghuá, dàn fù dàn xī. [Pinyin]

The sun and moon shine brightly; dawn returns upon dawn.

Proper noun

復旦

1. short for 復旦大學 (“Fudan University”)

See also

• 復大／复大
• 震旦 (Zhèndàn)