吐蕃 Traditional form: 吐蕃 Pinyin (reading): Tǔbō Definitions: Tubo or Tufan, old name for Tibet the Tibetan Tubo dynasty 7th-11th century AD also pr. ( Tǔfān) Characters: 吐 - to vomit, to spew out, to cough up; to say 蕃 - abundant, flourishing; barbarians, foreigners Traditional characters: 吐 - to vomit, to spew out, to cough up; to say 蕃 - abundant, flourishing; barbarians, foreigners