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

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˊ ㄆㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pei⁴ paa⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phì-phà
• Eastern Min (BUC): bì-bà
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pî-pê / gî-pê / kî-pê / khî-pê / tî-pê / pî-pêe
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵biq-boq; ⁵biq-bo

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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:

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• 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

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phì-phà
    • Hakka Romanization System: piˇ paˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pi² pa²
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰi¹¹ pʰa¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: bì-bà
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵³⁻³³ ^(p-)βa⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Tainan, Magong)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pî-pê
    • Tâi-lô: pî-pê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pi'pee
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi¹³⁻²² pe¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pi²⁴⁻²² pe²⁴/
    • IPA (Tainan): /pi²⁴⁻³³ pe²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Yilan, Taichung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gî-pê
    • Tâi-lô: gî-pê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gi'pee
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡi²⁴⁻²² pe²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡi²⁴⁻¹¹ pe²⁴/
    • IPA (Yilan): /ɡi²⁴⁻³³ pe²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kî-pê
    • Tâi-lô: kî-pê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ki'pee
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ki²⁴⁻²² pe²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen, Hsinchu)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khî-pê
    • Tâi-lô: khî-pê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qi'pee
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Lukang): /kʰi²⁴⁻²² pe²⁴/
    • IPA (Kinmen): /kʰi²⁴⁻¹² pe²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Tainan, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tî-pê
    • Tâi-lô: tî-pê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: di'pee
    • IPA (Tainan): /ti²⁴⁻³³ pe²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ti²³⁻³³ pe²³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pî-pêe
    • Tâi-lô: pî-pêe
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi¹³⁻²² pɛ¹³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵biq-boq; ⁵biq-bo
    • MiniDict: bih^去 boh; bih^去 bo
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²biq-boq; ²biq-bo
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /biɪʔ³³ boʔ⁴⁴/, /biɪʔ³³ bo⁴⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 枇杷

1. loquat (type of fruit)

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
枇	杷
び Jinmeiyō	わ Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Noun

枇杷(ビワ) or 枇(び)杷(わ) • (biwa) 

1. loquat (type of fruit)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
枇	杷

Noun

枇杷 • (bipa) (hangeul 비파)

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