旱魃

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Chinese

		drought; dry	drought demon
trad. (旱魃)		旱	魃
simp. ^#(旱魃)		旱	魃

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hànbá

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄢˋ ㄅㄚˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hon⁵ baat⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hànbá
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄢˋ ㄅㄚˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hànbá
  - Wade–Giles: han⁴-pa²
  - Yale: hàn-bá
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hannbar
  - Palladius: ханьба (xanʹba)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xän⁵¹ pä³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hon⁵ baat⁶
  - Yale: hóhn baaht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hon⁵ baat⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hon⁵ bad⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːn¹³ paːt̚²/

Noun

旱魃

drought demon
- 旱既大甚、滌滌山川。旱魃為虐、如惔如焚。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
  旱既大甚、涤涤山川。旱魃为虐、如惔如焚。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Hàn jì dàshèn, dídí shān chuān. Hànbá wéi nüè, rú tán rú fén.
  The drought is excessive; - Parched are the hills, and the streams are dried. The demon of drought exercises its oppression. As if scattering flames and fire.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
旱	魃
かん Hyōgai	ばつ Hyōgai
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 旱魃 – see the following entry.

【干魃かんばつ】

Alternative spelling
干ばつ

(This term, 旱魃, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

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