屏風
See also: 屏风
Contents
ChineseEdit
(standing) screen; get rid of; put aside; reject; keep control; hold back
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wind; news; style; custom; manner
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trad. (屏風) | 屏 | 風 | |
simp. (屏风) | 屏 | 风 |
PronunciationEdit
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄈㄥ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyngfeng
- IPA (key): /pʰiŋ³⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: ping4 fung1
- Yale: pìhng fūng
- Cantonese Pinyin: ping4 fung1
- Guangdong Romanization: ping4 fung1
- IPA (key): /pʰɪŋ²¹ fʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phìn-fûng
- Hakka Romanization System: pinˇ fung´
- Hagfa Pinyim: pin2 fung1
- IPA: /pʰin¹¹ fuŋ²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
NounEdit
屏風
- folding screen (temporary partition)
JapaneseEdit
Kanji in this term | |
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屏 | 風 |
びょう Hyōgaiji |
ふ > ぶ Grade: 2 |
on’yomi |
EtymologyEdit
From Middle Chinese 屏風 (beng pjuwng). Compare modern Mandarin 屏風 (píngfēng). First mention in Japanese recorded history was in reference to a gift in 686 from the Silla kingdom on the Korean peninsula.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
屏風 (hiragana びょうぶ, rōmaji byōbu, historical hiragana びやうぶ)
Derived termsEdit
Derived terms
- 屏風岩 (byōbu iwa): a sheer cliff, a wall of rock
- 屏風絵 (byōbu e): a painting on a folding screen
- 屏風押さえ, 屏風押え, 屏風押 (byōbu osae): a lead or ceramic weight used to prop up a folding screen and keep it from falling over
- 屏風返し, 屏風反し (byōbugaeshi): falling over flat, much as a falling screen will fall over
- 屏風草 (byōbugusa): alternate for 防風 (bōfū), Saposhnikovia seseloides or Saposhnikovia divaricata, of family Apiaceae, used in Chinese medicine (kanpō)
- 屏風倒し (byōbudaoshi): knocking something over flat, much as a folding screen will fall over
- 屏風山 (byōbu yama): a mountain with a very straight ridgeline, much like the top of a folding screen
IdiomsEdit
Idioms
- 屏風と商人は直にては立たぬ (byōbu to akindo wa sugu nite wa tatanu): "folding screens and business people don't get set up immediately" → setting up a folding screen or a business relationship takes time and preparation
- 屏風と商人は曲がらねば世に立たず (byōbu to akindo wa magaraneba yo ni tatazu): "folding screens and business people won't stand in this world if they don't bend" → both folding screens and business people must be capable of bending (being flexible) if they are to stand up properly (be successful)
- 屏風を返す (byōbu o kaesu): to knock something over flat, much as a folding screen will fall over
- 屏風畳に炭油 (byōbu tatami ni sumi abura): "folding screen / tatami mats, and charcoal / oil" → the various sundries needed for a household