梵鈴

Chinese

		Brahma; Sanskrit	(small) bell
trad. (梵鈴)		梵	鈴
simp. (梵铃)		梵	铃

Etymology

Borrowed from English violin.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faan⁴ ling^4-2

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faan⁴ ling^4-2
    • Yale: fàahn líng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faan⁴ ling^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: fan⁴ ling^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn²¹ lɪŋ²¹⁻³⁵/

Noun

梵鈴

1. (Cantonese, dated) violin (especially when used in Cantonese music)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 小提琴 (“violin”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		小提琴
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	小提琴
	Singapore	小提琴
Southwestern Mandarin	Guiyang	小提琴
Cantonese	Hong Kong	小提琴, 梵鈴 dated
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	小提琴, 梵亞鈴
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	小提琴, 梵亞鈴
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	小提琴, 梵亞鈴
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	小提琴, 梵亞鈴
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	小提琴, 梵亞鈴
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	小提琴, 梵亞鈴
Southern Min	Taipei	小提琴 GT, 手提琴 GT
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	bai-ó͘-lín
	Singapore (Hokkien)	番仔弦
	Manila (Hokkien)	小提琴, 手提琴
Wu	Shanghai	小提琴, 梵啞鈴
	Ningbo	手提琴
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no particular region identified)