屏風

See also: 屏风

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ChineseEdit

		(standing) screen; get rid of; put aside (standing) screen; get rid of; put aside; reject; keep control; hold back	wind; news; style wind; news; style; custom; manner
trad. (屏風)		屏	風
simp. (屏风)		屏	风

PronunciationEdit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): píngfēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄈㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ping⁴ fung¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phìn-fûng
• Min Nan (POJ): pîn-hong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: píngfēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄈㄥ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyngfeng
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰiŋ³⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ping⁴ fung¹
    • Yale: pìhng fūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ping⁴ fung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ping⁴ fung¹
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰɪŋ²¹ fʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phìn-fûng
    • Hakka Romanization System: pinˇ fung´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pin² fung¹
    • IPA: /pʰin¹¹ fuŋ²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pîn-hong
    • Tâi-lô: pîn-hong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pinhofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pin²⁴⁻²² hɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pin²⁴⁻²² hɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pin¹³⁻²² hɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pin²⁴⁻¹¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pin²³⁻³³ hɔŋ⁴⁴/

NounEdit

屏風

1. folding screen (temporary partition)

   放上屏風 / 放上屏风  ―  fàng shàng píngfēng  ―  to put up a screen

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JapaneseEdit

屏風 (byōbu): a folding screen from the 17th century

Kanji in this term
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

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) びょーぶ [byòóbú] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA^(key): [bʲo̞ːbɯ̟ᵝ]

NounEdit

屏風 (hiragana びょうぶ, rōmaji byōbu, historical hiragana びやうぶ)

1. a folding screen

Derived termsEdit

Derived terms

• 屏風岩 (びょうぶいわ) (byōbu iwa): a sheer cliff, a wall of rock
• 屏 (びょう)風 (ぶ)絵 (え) (byōbu e): a painting on a folding screen
• 屏風押さえ, 屏風押え, 屏風押 (びょうぶおさえ) (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 (びょうぶがえ)し (byōbugaeshi): falling over flat, much as a falling screen will fall over
• 屏風草 (びょうぶぐさ) (byōbugusa): alternate for 防風 (bōfū), Saposhnikovia seseloides or Saposhnikovia divaricata, of family Apiaceae, used in Chinese medicine (kanpō)
• 屏風倒 (びょうぶだお)し (byōbudaoshi): knocking something over flat, much as a folding screen will fall over
• 屏風山 (びょうぶやま) (byōbu yama): a mountain with a very straight ridgeline, much like the top of a folding screen

IdiomsEdit

Idioms

• 屏 (びょう)風 (ぶ)と商人 (あきんど)は直 (すぐ)にては立 (た)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 (びょう)風 (ぶ)と商人 (あきんど)は曲 (ま)がらねば世 (よ)に立 (た)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 (びょう)風 (ぶ)を返 (かえ)す (byōbu o kaesu): to knock something over flat, much as a folding screen will fall over
• 屏風畳 (びょうぶたたみ)に炭油 (すみあぶら) (byōbu tatami ni sumi abura): "folding screen / tatami mats, and charcoal / oil" → the various sundries needed for a household

DescendantsEdit

• Portuguese: biombo
  • Galician: biombo
  • Spanish: biombo

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