頻婆

See also: 频婆

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (頻婆)		頻	婆
simp. (频婆)		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)”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pínpó

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄣˊ ㄆㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pan⁴ po^4-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pínpó
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄣˊ ㄆㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pínpó
    • Wade–Giles: pʻin²-pʻo²
    • Yale: pín-pwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pynpor
    • Palladius: пиньпо (pinʹpo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰin³⁵ pʰu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pan⁴ po^4-2
    • Yale: pàhn pó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pan⁴ po^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: pen⁴ po^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɐn²¹ pʰɔː²¹⁻³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: bjin ba

Rime
Character	頻	婆
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)	戈 (95)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	符眞切	薄波切
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	pó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pan4	po4

Noun

頻婆

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