硼砂

Chinese

		phonetic (lit. boron)	sand; gravel; granule
simp. and trad. (硼砂)		硼	砂
alternative forms		蓬砂 鵬砂／鹏砂

Etymology

See 硼 (péng).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): péngshā

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄥˊ ㄕㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pang⁴ saa¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): bèng-să
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phn̂g-se / phêng-se / phêng-see / peng-se / pâng-se

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: péngshā
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄥˊ ㄕㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: péngsha
    • Wade–Giles: pʻêng²-sha¹
    • Yale: péng-shā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: perngsha
    • Palladius: пэнша (pɛnša)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɤŋ³⁵ ʂä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pang⁴ saa¹
    • Yale: pàhng sā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pang⁴ saa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: peng⁴ sa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɐŋ²¹ saː⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: bèng-să
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɛiŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ^(s-)na⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phn̂g-se
    • Tâi-lô: phn̂g-se
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phngsef
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰŋ̍²⁴⁻²² se³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phêng-se
    • Tâi-lô: phîng-se
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phengsef
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² se⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰiɪŋ²³⁻³³ se⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰiɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ se⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phêng-see
    • Tâi-lô: phîng-see
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰiɪŋ¹³⁻²² sɛ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: peng-se
    • Tâi-lô: ping-se
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pengsef
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /piɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ se⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pâng-se
    • Tâi-lô: pâng-se
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pangsef
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /paŋ²³⁻³³ se⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /paŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ se⁴⁴/

Noun

硼砂

1. borax; sodium borate

Descendants

• → Tagalog: pinse (from Hokkien)