拋物線

See also: 抛物線 and 放物線

Chinese

		to throw objects	line
trad. (拋物線/拋物綫)		拋物	線/綫
simp. (抛物线)		抛物	线

Etymology

Coined by Chinese mathematician Li Shanlan (李善蘭) and British Protestant Christian missionary Alexander Wylie in 《代微積拾級》 (1859) based on a translation of Elias Loomis's Elements of Analytical Geometry and of the Differential and Integral Calculus (1851). Compound of 拋物 / 抛物 (pāowù, “to throw objects”, perhaps in reference to the etymology of English parabola) +‎ 線 / 线 (xiàn, “line”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pāowùxiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄠ ㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): paau¹ mat⁶ sin³
• Eastern Min (BUC): pău-ŭk-siáng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phau-bu̍t-sòaⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pāowùxiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄠ ㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: paowùsiàn
    • Wade–Giles: pʻao¹-wu⁴-hsien⁴
    • Yale: pāu-wù-syàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pauwuhshiann
    • Palladius: пао’усянь (pao’usjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵ u⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: paau¹ mat⁶ sin³
    • Yale: pāau maht sin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: paau¹ mat⁹ sin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: pao¹ med⁶ xin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaːu̯⁵⁵ mɐt̚² siːn³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: pău-ŭk-siáng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰau⁵⁵⁻⁵³ uʔ⁵⁻²¹ siɑŋ²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phau-bu̍t-sòaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: phau-bu̍t-suànn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phau'budsvoax
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰau⁴⁴⁻²² but̚⁴⁻³² suã²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰau³³ but̚²⁴⁻² suã⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰau⁴⁴⁻²² but̚¹²¹⁻²¹ suã²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰau⁴⁴⁻³³ but̚⁴⁻³² suã¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰau⁴⁴⁻³³ but̚⁴⁻³² suã²¹/

Noun

拋物線

1. (mathematics) parabola (Classifier: 條／条 m c)

Related terms

• 拋物面／抛物面 (pāowùmiàn)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (拋物線):

• → Japanese: 放物線(ほうぶつせん) (hōbutsusen)
• → Korean: 포물선(抛物線) (pomulseon)