拋物線

See also: 抛物線 and 放物線

Chinese

		to throw objects	line
trad. (拋物線/拋物綫)		拋物	線/綫
simp. (抛物线)		抛物	线

Etymology

Coined by Chinese mathematician Li Shanlan (李善蘭) and British Protestant Christian missionary Alexander Wylie in 《代微積拾級》 (1859) based on a translation of Elias Loomis's Elements of Analytical Geometry and of the Differential and Integral Calculus (1851). Compound of 拋物／抛物 (pāowù, “to throw objects”, perhaps in reference to the etymology of English parabola) +‎ 線／线 (xiàn, “line”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pāowùxiàn

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄠㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): paau¹ mat⁶ sin³
Eastern Min (BUC): pău-ŭk-siáng
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phau-bu̍t-sòaⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pāowùxiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄠㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: paowùsiàn
  - Wade–Giles: pʻao¹-wu⁴-hsien⁴
  - Yale: pāu-wù-syàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pauwuhshiann
  - Palladius: пао’усянь (pao’usjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵ u⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: paau¹ mat⁶ sin³
  - Yale: pāau maht sin
  - Cantonese Pinyin: paau¹ mat⁹ sin³
  - Guangdong Romanization: pao¹ med⁶ xin³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaːu̯⁵⁵ mɐt̚² siːn³³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: pău-ŭk-siáng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰau⁵⁵⁻⁵³ uʔ⁵⁻²¹ siɑŋ²¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phau-bu̍t-sòaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: phau-bu̍t-suànn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phau'budsvoax
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pʰau⁴⁴⁻²² but̚⁴⁻³² suã²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰau³³ but̚²⁴⁻² suã⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰau⁴⁴⁻²² but̚¹²¹⁻²¹ suã²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰau⁴⁴⁻³³ but̚⁴⁻³² suã¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰau⁴⁴⁻³³ but̚⁴⁻³² suã²¹/

Noun

拋物線

(mathematics) parabola (Classifier: 條／条 m c)

Related terms

拋物面／抛物面 (pāowùmiàn)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (拋物線):

→ Japanese: 放物線(ほうぶつせん) (hōbutsusen)
→ Korean: 포물선(抛物線) (pomulseon)

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