枇杷

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (枇杷)		枇	杷
simp. #(枇杷)		枇	杷

Loquat fruit

Etymology

From 琵琶 (pípá, “pipa”). The fruit is said to resemble the musical instrument in shape.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pípá, píba

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˊ ㄆㄚˊ, ㄆㄧˊ ˙ㄅㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pei⁴ paa⁴
• Gan (Wiktionary): pi² pa
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): phì-phà

  (Hailu, HRS): pi pa

  (Meixian, Guangdong): pi² pa²

• Northern Min (KCR): bǐ-bǎ
• Eastern Min (BUC): bì-bà
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bi² bor²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pî-pê / gî-pê / kî-pê / khî-pê / tî-pê / pî-pêe / gî-pêe / pî-piêe

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bi⁵ bê⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸biq-boq₈; ⁸biq-bo₆

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pípá
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˊ ㄆㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pípá
    • Wade–Giles: pʻi²-pʻa²
    • Yale: pí-pá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyipar
    • Palladius: пипа (pipa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi³⁵ pʰä³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 批把 枇把 枇杷 琵琶

      
      
  • (Harbin dialect)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: píba
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˊ ˙ㄅㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: píbå
    • Wade–Giles: pʻi²-pa⁵
    • Yale: pí-ba
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyi.ba
    • Palladius: пиба (piba)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi³⁵ b̥ä³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: pei⁴ paa⁴
    • Yale: pèih pàh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pei⁴ paa⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: péi⁴ pa⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰei̯²¹ pʰaː²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 枇杷 琵琶

• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: pi² pa
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi²⁴ pʰa²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phì-phà
    • Hakka Romanization System: pi^ˇ pa^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pi² pa²
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰi¹¹ pʰa¹¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: pi pa
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰi⁵⁵ pʰa⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: pi² pa²
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰi¹¹ pʰa¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bǐ-bǎ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹ pa²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: bì-bà
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵³⁻³³ ^(p-)βa⁵³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Jiangkou, Nanri)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: bi² bor² [Phonetic: bi⁵ or²]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: bí-bó̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi¹³⁻¹¹ ^(p-)ɒ¹³/
  • (Xianyou, Youyang, Fengting)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: bi² bor² [Phonetic: bi⁵ bor²]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²⁴⁻²¹ pɒ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Tainan, Magong)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pî-pê
    • Tâi-lô: pî-pê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pi'pee
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi¹³⁻²² pe¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /pi²⁴⁻²² pe²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Tainan): /pi²⁴⁻³³ pe²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Yilan, Taichung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gî-pê
    • Tâi-lô: gî-pê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gi'pee
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /ɡi²⁴⁻²² pe²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /ɡi²⁴⁻¹¹ pe²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Yilan): /ɡi²⁴⁻³³ pe²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kî-pê
    • Tâi-lô: kî-pê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ki'pee
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /ki²⁴⁻²² pe²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen, Hsinchu)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khî-pê
    • Tâi-lô: khî-pê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qi'pee
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou, Lukang): /kʰi²⁴⁻²² pe²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kinmen): /kʰi²⁴⁻¹² pe²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Tainan, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tî-pê
    • Tâi-lô: tî-pê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: di'pee
    • Sinological IPA (Tainan): /ti²⁴⁻³³ pe²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /ti²³⁻³³ pe²³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pî-pêe
    • Tâi-lô: pî-pêe
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi¹³⁻²² pɛ¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gî-pêe
    • Tâi-lô: gî-pêe
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡi¹³⁻²² pɛ¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Longyan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pî-piêe
    • Tâi-lô: pî-piêe
    • Sinological IPA (Longyan): /pi¹¹ piɛ¹¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bi⁵ bê⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pî pê
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵⁵⁻¹¹ pe⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁸biq-boq₈; ⁸biq-bo₆
    • MiniDict: bih^入 boh^入; bih^入 bo^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵biq-boq₅; ⁵biq-bo₃
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /biɪʔ¹¹ boʔ²³/, /biɪʔ¹¹ bo²³/

Noun

枇杷

1. loquat (type of fruit)

Synonyms

盧橘／卢橘 (lújú)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (枇杷):

• → Japanese: 枇杷(ビワ) (biwa)
• → Korean: 비파(枇杷) (bipa)
• → Vietnamese: tì bà (枇杷)

Others:

• → Zhuang: bizbaz

References

• 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long]; 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu]; 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying]; 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019), “393 枇杷”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 329.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
枇	杷
び Jinmeiyō	は > わ Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bʲiβ̞a̠]
• (Tokyo) びわ [bíꜜwà] (Atamadaka – [1])

Noun

枇(び)杷(わ) • (biwa) ^{←びは (bifa)?}

1. loquat, Eriobotrya japonica

Derived terms

• 枇杷核(びわかく) (biwakaku)
• 枇杷葉(びわよう) (biwayō)

References

• “^▲枇^▲杷”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
枇	杷

Noun

枇杷 • (bipa) (hangeul 비파)

1. hanja form^? of 비파 (“loquat (type of fruit)”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
枇	杷

Noun

枇杷

1. chữ Hán form of tì bà (“loquat”)