門巴

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (門巴)		門	巴
simp. (门巴)		门	巴

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ménbā

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄣˊ ㄅㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mun⁴ baa¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bûn-pa

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ménbā
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄣˊ ㄅㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ménba
    • Wade–Giles: mên²-pa¹
    • Yale: mén-bā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: menba
    • Palladius: мэньба (mɛnʹba)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mən³⁵ pä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mun⁴ baa¹
    • Yale: mùhn bā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mun⁴ baa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mun⁴ ba¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːn²¹ paː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bûn-pa
    • Tâi-lô: bûn-pa
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bunpaf
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bun²⁴⁻²² pa³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bun²⁴⁻²² pa⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bun¹³⁻²² pa⁴⁴/

Etymology 1

From Tibetan སྨན་པ (sman pa, “doctor”).

Noun

門巴

1. doctor (used by Tibetans)

Etymology 2

Compare Tibetan མོན་པ (mon pa, “Monpa”), མོན (mon, general name for different nations living between Tibet and the Indian plain).

Noun

門巴

1. Monpa (ethnic group in China)