婆娑

Chinese

		grandmother; matron; mother-in-law
trad. (婆娑)		婆	娑
simp. ^#(婆娑)		婆	娑
alternative forms		媻娑
anagram		娑婆

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pósuō

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄛˊ ㄙㄨㄛ
Cantonese (Jyutping): po⁴ so¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pósuō
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄛˊ ㄙㄨㄛ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pósuo
  - Wade–Giles: pʻo²-so¹
  - Yale: pwó-swō
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: porsuo
  - Palladius: посо (poso)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu̯ɔ³⁵ su̯ɔ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: po⁴ so¹
  - Yale: pòh sō
  - Cantonese Pinyin: po⁴ so¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: po⁴ so¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɔː²¹ sɔː⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: ba sa

Rime
Character	婆	娑
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	戈 (95)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	薄波切	素何切
Baxter	ba	sa
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/buɑ/	/sɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/buɑ/	/sɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/buɑ/	/sɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bwa/	/sa/
Li Rong	/buɑ/	/sɑ/
Wang Li	/buɑ/	/sɑ/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱuɑ/	/sɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pó	suō
Expected Cantonese Reflex	po⁴	so¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[b]ˤa[j] [s]ˤa[j]/

(Zhengzhang): /*baːl saːl/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	婆	娑
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	pó	suō
Middle Chinese	‹ ba ›	‹ sa ›
Old Chinese	/*[b]ˁa[j]/	/*[s]ˁa[j]/
English	婆娑 saunter, dance	婆娑 saunter, dance
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	婆	娑
Reading #	1/1	1/2
No.	9734	11019
Phonetic component	皮	沙
Rime group	歌	歌
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	婆	娑
Old Chinese	/*baːl/	/*saːl/
Notes	爾雅用於婆娑，廣韻老母乃如集韻同媻

Adjective

婆娑

(literary) dancing; frolicking
(literary, of trees, etc.) having luxuriant foliage
(literary, of tears) dripping

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