頻婆

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See also: 频婆

Chinese

phonetic
trad. (頻婆)
simp. (频婆)
alternative forms 頻婆羅频婆罗
頻波频波
頻螺频螺
避邏避逻
蘋婆苹婆

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit बिम्ब (bimba, ivy gourd, Momordica monadelpha (a plant bearing a bright-red gourd)).[1]

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (3) (3)
Final () (43) (95)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () III I
Fanqie
Baxter bjin ba
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/biɪn/ /buɑ/
Pan
Wuyun
/bin/ /buɑ/
Shao
Rongfen
/bjen/ /buɑ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/bin/ /bwa/
Li
Rong
/biĕn/ /buɑ/
Wang
Li
/bĭĕn/ /buɑ/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/bʱi̯ĕn/ /bʱuɑ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
pín
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
pan4 po4

Noun

頻婆

  1. Sterculia monosperma (China chestnut, seven sisters' fruit)
  2. (archaic) Alternative name for 蘋果 (“apple”).

References

  1. ^ Shi, Youwei (2020) Loanwords in the Chinese Language, Routledge, →ISBN, page 44