門巴

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Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (門巴)		門	巴
simp. (门巴)		门	巴

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ménbā

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄣˊ ㄅㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mun⁴ baa¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bûn-pa

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ménbā
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄣˊ ㄅㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ménba
  - Wade–Giles: mên²-pa¹
  - Yale: mén-bā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: menba
  - Palladius: мэньба (mɛnʹba)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mən³⁵ pä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mun⁴ baa¹
  - Yale: mùhn bā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mun⁴ baa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: mun⁴ ba¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːn²¹ paː⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bûn-pa
  - Tâi-lô: bûn-pa
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bunpaf
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bun²⁴⁻²² pa³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bun²⁴⁻²² pa⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bun¹³⁻²² pa⁴⁴/

Etymology 1

From Tibetan སྨན་པ (sman pa, “doctor”).

Noun

門巴

doctor (used by Tibetans)

Etymology 2

Compare Tibetan མོན་པ (mon pa, “Monpa”), མོན (mon, general name for different nations living between Tibet and the Indian plain).

Noun

門巴

Monpa (ethnic group in China)

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