枇杷

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (枇杷)		枇	杷
simp. ^#(枇杷)		枇	杷

Loquat fruit

Etymology

From 琵琶 (pípá, “pipa”). The fruit is said to resemble the musical instrument in shape.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pípá

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˊ ㄆㄚˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pei⁴ paa⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phì-phà
Northern Min (KCR): bǐ-bǎ
Eastern Min (BUC): bì-bà
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): pî-pê / gî-pê / kî-pê / khî-pê / tî-pê / pî-pêe / gî-pêe

(Teochew, Peng'im): bi⁵ bê⁵
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸biq-boq; ⁸biq-bo

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pípá
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˊ ㄆㄚˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pípá
  - Wade–Giles: pʻi²-pʻa²
  - Yale: pí-pá
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyipar
  - Palladius: пипа (pipa)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi³⁵ pʰä³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    批把
    枇把
    枇杷
    琵琶
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: pei⁴ paa⁴
  - Yale: pèih pàh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pei⁴ paa⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: péi⁴ pa⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰei̯²¹ pʰaː²¹/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    枇杷
    琵琶
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phì-phà
  - Hakka Romanization System: piˇ paˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: pi² pa²
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰi¹¹ pʰa¹¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bǐ-bǎ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹ pa²¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: bì-bà
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵³⁻³³ ^(p-)βa⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Tainan, Magong)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pî-pê
  - Tâi-lô: pî-pê
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pi'pee
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi¹³⁻²² pe¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pi²⁴⁻²² pe²⁴/
  - IPA (Tainan): /pi²⁴⁻³³ pe²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Yilan, Taichung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gî-pê
  - Tâi-lô: gî-pê
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gi'pee
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɡi²⁴⁻²² pe²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡi²⁴⁻¹¹ pe²⁴/
  - IPA (Yilan): /ɡi²⁴⁻³³ pe²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kî-pê
  - Tâi-lô: kî-pê
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ki'pee
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ki²⁴⁻²² pe²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen, Hsinchu)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khî-pê
  - Tâi-lô: khî-pê
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qi'pee
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Lukang): /kʰi²⁴⁻²² pe²⁴/
  - IPA (Kinmen): /kʰi²⁴⁻¹² pe²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Tainan, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tî-pê
  - Tâi-lô: tî-pê
  - Phofsit Daibuun: di'pee
  - IPA (Tainan): /ti²⁴⁻³³ pe²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ti²³⁻³³ pe²³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pî-pêe
  - Tâi-lô: pî-pêe
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi¹³⁻²² pɛ¹³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gî-pêe
  - Tâi-lô: gî-pêe
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡi¹³⁻²² pɛ¹³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bi⁵ bê⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pî pê
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵⁵⁻¹¹ pe⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁸biq-boq; ⁸biq-bo
  - MiniDict: bih^入 boh; bih^入 bo
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵biq-boq; ⁵biq-bo
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /biɪʔ¹¹ boʔ²³/, /biɪʔ¹¹ bo²³/

Noun

枇杷

loquat (type of fruit)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (枇杷):

→ Japanese: 枇杷(ビワ) (biwa)
→ Korean: 비파(枇杷) (bipa)
→ Vietnamese: tì bà (枇杷)

Others:

→ Zhuang: bizbaz

Japanese

Kanji in this term
枇	杷
び Jinmeiyō	は > わ Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) びわ [bíꜜwà] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [bʲiβ̞a̠]

Noun

枇(び)杷(わ) or 枇杷(ビワ) • (biwa) ^{←びは (bifa)^?}

loquat (type of fruit)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
枇	杷

Noun

枇杷 • (bipa) (hangeul 비파)

hanja form^? of 비파 (“loquat (type of fruit)”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
枇	杷

Noun

枇杷

chữ Hán form of tì bà (“loquat”).

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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