頻婆

See also: 频婆

Chinese

phonetic
trad. (頻婆)
simp. (频婆)
alternative forms 頻婆羅频婆罗
頻波频波
頻螺频螺
避邏避逻
蘋婆苹婆

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit बिम्ब (bimba, ivy gourd, Momordica monadelpha (a plant bearing a bright-red gourd)).[1]

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (3) (3)
Final () (43) (95)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () III I
Fanqie
Baxter bjin ba
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/biɪn/ /buɑ/
Pan
Wuyun
/bin/ /buɑ/
Shao
Rongfen
/bjen/ /buɑ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/bin/ /bwa/
Li
Rong
/biĕn/ /buɑ/
Wang
Li
/bĭĕn/ /buɑ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/bʱi̯ĕn/ /bʱuɑ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
pín
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
pan4 po4

Noun

頻婆

  1. Sterculia monosperma (China chestnut, seven sisters' fruit)
  2. (archaic) Alternative name for 蘋果 (“apple”).

References

  1. Shi, Youwei (2020) Loanwords in the Chinese Language, Routledge, →ISBN, page 44
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