屏風
See also: 屏风
Chinese
(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 | |
Pronunciation
Noun
屏風
Descendants
Japanese
屏風 (byōbu): a folding screen from the 17th century
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 屏 | 風 |
| びょう Hyōgaiji |
ふ > ぶ Grade: 2 |
| goon | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 屛風 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 屏風／屏风 (beng pjuwng). Compare modern Mandarin 屏風／屏风 (píngfēng). First mention in Japanese recorded history was in reference to a gift in 686 from the Silla kingdom on the Korean peninsula.
Usage notes
The byōbu is different from the 衝立障子 (tsuitate shōji, another kind of folding screen) in that the byōbu is made of solid panels typically covered in lacquer, gold leaf, or a painted scene, while the tsuitate shōji is made from panels of shōji (a screen covered in rice paper).
Derived terms
Derived terms
- 屏風岩 (byōbu iwa): a sheer cliff, a wall of rock
- 屏風絵 (byōbu e): a painting on a folding screen
- 屏風押さえ, 屏風押え, 屏風押 (byōbu osae): a lead or ceramic weight used to prop up a folding screen and keep it from falling over
- 屏風返し, 屏風反し (byōbugaeshi): falling over flat, much as a falling screen will fall over
- 屏風草 (byōbugusa): alternate for 防風 (bōfū), Saposhnikovia seseloides or Saposhnikovia divaricata, of family Apiaceae, used in Chinese medicine (kanpō)
- 屏風倒し (byōbudaoshi): knocking something over flat, much as a folding screen will fall over
- 屏風山 (byōbu yama): a mountain with a very straight ridgeline, much like the top of a folding screen
Idioms
Idioms
- 屏風と商人は直にては立たぬ (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
- 屏風と商人は曲がらねば世に立たず (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)
- 屏風を返す (byōbu o kaesu): to knock something over flat, much as a folding screen will fall over
- 屏風畳に炭油 (byōbu tatami ni sumi abura): "folding screen / tatami mats, and charcoal / oil" → the various sundries needed for a household
References
- Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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