蓽拔

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (蓽拔)		蓽	拔
simp. (荜拔)		荜	拔
alternative forms		蓽茇／荜茇 蓽菝／荜菝 畢拔／毕拔 萆茇 萆菝

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पिप्पलि (pippali, “long pepper”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bìbá

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄅㄚˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bìbá
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄅㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bìbá
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴-pa²
    • Yale: bì-bá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihbar
    • Palladius: биба (biba)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ pä³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: pjit bat

Rime
Character	蓽	拔
Reading #	1/1	2/3
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	質 (48)	末 (64)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	卑吉切	蒲撥切
Baxter	pjit	bat
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/piɪt̚/	/buɑt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/pit̚/	/bʷɑt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/pjet̚/	/buɑt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pit̚/	/bwat̚/
Li Rong	/piĕt̚/	/buɑt̚/
Wang Li	/pĭĕt̚/	/buɑt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/pi̯ĕt̚/	/bʱuɑt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bi	bó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bat1	but6

Noun

蓽拔

1. long pepper (Piper longum)

Synonyms

• 蓽撥／荜拨 (bìbō)
• 逼撥／逼拨 (bìbō)
• 畢勃／毕勃 (bìbó)