膀胱

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (膀胱)		膀	胱
simp. #(膀胱)		膀	胱

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pángguāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄤˊ ㄍㄨㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pong⁴ gwong¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): phòng-kông

  (Meixian, Guangdong): pong² guong¹

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pông-kong / phông-kong / phōng-kong
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶baon-kuaon

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pángguāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄤˊ ㄍㄨㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pángguang
    • Wade–Giles: pʻang²-kuang¹
    • Yale: páng-gwāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: parngguang
    • Palladius: пангуан (panguan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɑŋ³⁵ ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pong⁴ gwong¹
    • Yale: pòhng gwōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pong⁴ gwong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: pong⁴ guong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɔːŋ²¹ kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phòng-kông
    • Hakka Romanization System: pongˇ gong´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pong² gong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰoŋ¹¹ koŋ²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: pong² guong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰɔŋ¹¹ kuɔŋ⁴⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Lukang, Sanxia, Taipei, Kinmen, Hsinchu)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pông-kong
    • Tâi-lô: pông-kong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pongkofng
    • IPA (Taipei): /pɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kinmen): /pɔŋ²⁴⁻¹² kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Lukang): /pɔŋ²⁴⁻²² kɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɔŋ¹³⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pɔŋ²⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Yilan, Tainan, Magong, Taichung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phông-kong
    • Tâi-lô: phông-kong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phongkofng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɔŋ²³⁻³³ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Yilan, Tainan): /pʰɔŋ²⁴⁻³³ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phōng-kong
    • Tâi-lô: phōng-kong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phoxngkofng
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɔŋ³³⁻²¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶baon-kuaon
    • MiniDict: baon^去 kuaon
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³baan-kuaan
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /bɑ̃²² kuɑ̃⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: bang kwang

Rime
Character	膀	胱
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)	唐 (102)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	步光切	古黃切
Baxter	bang	kwang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bɑŋ/	/kwɑŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/bɑŋ/	/kʷɑŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/bɑŋ/	/kuɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/baŋ/	/kwaŋ/
Li Rong	/bɑŋ/	/kuɑŋ/
Wang Li	/bɑŋ/	/kuɑŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱɑŋ/	/kwɑŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	páng	guāng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pong4	gwong1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*baːŋ  kʷaːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	膀	胱
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	3006	4510
Phonetic component	方	光
Rime group	陽	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	傍
Old Chinese	/*baːŋ/	/*kʷaːŋ/
Notes		見史記、素問

Noun

膀胱

1. (anatomy) urinary bladder

   • 脈來難者，疝氣之客於膀胱也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     脉来难者，疝气之客于膀胱也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Mài lái nán zhě, shànqì zhī kè yú pángguāng yě. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 膀胱 (“urinary bladder”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		膀胱
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	尿脬
	Taiwan	膀胱
	Harbin	尿脬
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	尿脬
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	尿脬
	Wanrong	尿脬
	Xi'an	尿脬
	Xining	尿脬
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	尿脬
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	尿包
	Wuhan	尿脬
	Liuzhou	尿脬
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	尿脬
	Yangzhou	尿脬
Cantonese	Guangzhou	尿脬
	Hong Kong	膀胱
Gan	Pingxiang	尿脬
Hakka	Meixian	尿袋, 尿泡, 膀胱
	Xingning	尿泡哩
	Huidong (Daling)	小肚
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	尿泡
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	尿泡
	Changting	尿泡
	Wuping	尿泡
	Wuping (Pingyu)	尿泡
	Liancheng	尿泡
	Ninghua	尿泡
	Ruijin	小肚子
	Shicheng	小肚
	Shangyou (Shexi)	尿泡
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	尿泡
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	尿泡
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	尿泡
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	尿泡
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	尿泡
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	尿袋
Huizhou	Jixi	尿袋
Jin	Taiyuan	尿脬
Northern Min	Jian'ou	尿泡
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	尿脬, 膀胱
Southern Min	Xiamen	尿脬, 小肚, 膀胱
	Quanzhou	小肚, 小肚仔, 膀胱
	Zhangzhou	小肚, 膀胱
	Dongshan	小肚, 膀胱
	Taipei	膀胱
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	膀胱
	Kaohsiung	膀胱
	Yilan	膀胱
	Changhua (Lukang)	膀胱
	Taichung	膀胱
	Tainan	膀胱
	Hsinchu	膀胱
	Kinmen	膀胱
	Penghu (Magong)	膀胱
	Shantou	尿脬
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	膀胱
	Haifeng	尿脬
	Haikou	尿脬
Puxian Min	Putian	膀胱
Wu	Shanghai	尿脬
	Ningbo	尿泡泡
	Wenzhou	尿脬
Xiang	Loudi	尿脬

Derived terms

• 膀胱三角 (bǎngguāng sānjiǎo, “trigone”)
• 膀胱炎 (pángguāngyán, “cystitis”)
• 膀胱癌 (pángguāng'ái, “bladder cancer”)
• 膀胱鏡／膀胱镜 (pángguāngjìng, “cystoscopy”)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (膀胱):

• → Japanese: 膀胱(ぼうこう) (bōkō)
• → Korean: 방광(膀胱) (banggwang)
• → Vietnamese: bàng quang (膀胱)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
膀	胱
ぼう Hyōgai	こう Hyōgai
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぼーこー [bòókóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [bo̞ːko̞ː]

Noun

膀(ぼう)胱(こう) • (bōkō) ^{←ばうくわう (baukwau)?}

1. (anatomy) urinary bladder

Derived terms

• 膀胱炎(ぼうこうえん) (bōkōen, “cystitis”)
• 膀胱癌(ぼうこうがん) (bōkōgan, “bladder cancer”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
膀	胱

Noun

膀胱 • (banggwang) (hangeul 방광)

1. hanja form^? of 방광 (“urinary bladder”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
膀	胱

Noun

膀胱

1. chữ Hán form of bàng quang (“urinary bladder”).