梵婀玲

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (梵婀玲)		梵	婀	玲
simp. #(梵婀玲)		梵	婀	玲
alternative forms		梵阿玲

Etymology

Borrowed from English violin, via Shanghainese.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fàn'ēlíng, fán'ēlíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˋ ㄜ ㄌㄧㄥˊ, ㄈㄢˊ ㄜ ㄌㄧㄥˊ

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶ve-o-lin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fàn'ēlíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˋ ㄜ ㄌㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fàn-elíng
    • Wade–Giles: fan⁴-o¹-ling²
    • Yale: fàn-ē-líng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fanneling
    • Palladius: фаньэлин (fanʹelin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän⁵¹ ˀɤ⁵⁵ liŋ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, common variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fán'ēlíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˊ ㄜ ㄌㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fán-elíng
    • Wade–Giles: fan²-o¹-ling²
    • Yale: fán-ē-líng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farneling
    • Palladius: фаньэлин (fanʹelin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän³⁵ ˀɤ⁵⁵ liŋ³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶ve-o-lin
    • MiniDict: ve^去 o lin
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³ve-o-lin
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ve²² o⁵⁵ lin²¹/

Noun

梵婀玲

1. (obsolete) violin

   • 塘中的月色並不均勻；但光與影有著和諧的旋律，如梵婀玲上奏著的名曲。 [MSC, trad.]
     塘中的月色并不均匀；但光与影有着和谐的旋律，如梵婀玲上奏着的名曲。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1927, Zhu Ziqing, 《荷塘月色》

     Táng zhōng de yuèsè bìng bù jūnyún; dàn guāng yǔ yǐng yǒu zhe héxié de xuánlǜ, rú fàn'ēlíng shàng zòu zhe de míngqū. [Pinyin]

     The moonlight is not spread evenly over the pond, but rather in a harmonious rhythm of light and shade, like a famous melody played on a violin.

Synonyms

• 小提琴 (xiǎotíqín)