旱魃

Chinese

		drought; dry	drought demon
trad. (旱魃)		旱	魃
simp. #(旱魃)		旱	魃

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hànbá

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄢˋ ㄅㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hon⁵ baat⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hànbá
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄢˋ ㄅㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hànbá
    • Wade–Giles: han⁴-pa²
    • Yale: hàn-bá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hannbar
    • Palladius: ханьба (xanʹba)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xän⁵¹ pä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hon⁵ baat⁶
    • Yale: hóhn baaht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hon⁵ baat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hon⁵ bad⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːn¹³ paːt̚²/

Noun

旱魃

1. drought demon

   • 旱既大甚、滌滌山川。旱魃為虐、如惔如焚。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     旱既大甚、涤涤山川。旱魃为虐、如惔如焚。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Hàn jì dàshèn, dídí shān chuān. Hànbá wéi nüè, rú tán rú fén. [Pinyin]

     The drought is excessive; - Parched are the hills, and the streams are dried. The demon of drought exercises its oppression. As if scattering flames and fire.

Synonyms

• 魃 (bá)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
旱	魃
かん Hyōgai	ばつ Hyōgai
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 旱魃 – see the following entry.

【干魃かんばつ】 [noun] drought Alternative spelling 干ばつ

(This term, 旱魃, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

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