芭蕉扇

Chinese

			fan; to fan; (a measure word for doors, windows, etc.)
trad. (芭蕉扇)		芭蕉	扇
simp. #(芭蕉扇)		芭蕉	扇

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bājiāoshàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ㄐㄧㄠ ㄕㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baa¹ ziu¹ sin³
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹po-ciau-soe; ¹pa-ciau-soe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bājiāoshàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄐㄧㄠ ㄕㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bajiaoshàn
    • Wade–Giles: pa¹-chiao¹-shan⁴
    • Yale: bā-jyāu-shàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bajiaushann
    • Palladius: бацзяошань (baczjaošanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baa¹ ziu¹ sin³
    • Yale: bā jīu sin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baa¹ dziu¹ sin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ba¹ jiu¹ xin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paː⁵⁵ t͡siːu̯⁵⁵ siːn³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹po-ciau-soe; ¹pa-ciau-soe
    • MiniDict: po^平 ciau soe; pa^平 ciau soe
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹po-jiau-soe; ¹pa-jiau-soe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /po⁵⁵ t͡ɕiɔ³³ sø²¹/, /pa⁵⁵ t͡ɕiɔ³³ sø²¹/

Noun

芭蕉扇

1. palm fan (fan made from a whole Chinese fan palm leaf)

Synonyms

• 蒲扇 (púshàn)
• 蕉扇 (jiāoshàn)
• 葵扇 (kuíshàn)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
芭	蕉	扇
ば Jinmeiyō	しょう Jinmeiyō	せん Grade: S
kan’yōon	on’yomi	on’yomi

Etymology

芭蕉(ばしょう) (bashō, “Japanese banana”) + 扇(せん) (sen, “fan”)

Noun

芭(ば)蕉(しょう)扇(せん) • (bashōsen) ^{←ばせうせん (baseusen)?}

1. round fan in the shape of the leaf-sheath of a banana plant