淋巴

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (淋巴)		淋	巴

Etymology

Borrowed from English lymph.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): línbā

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄅㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lam⁴ baa¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lîm-pa

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: línbā
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄅㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: línba
    • Wade–Giles: lin²-pa¹
    • Yale: lín-bā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linba
    • Palladius: линьба (linʹba)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lin³⁵ pä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lam⁴ baa¹
    • Yale: làhm bā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lam⁴ baa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lem⁴ ba¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐm²¹ paː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîm-pa
    • Tâi-lô: lîm-pa
    • Phofsit Daibuun: limpaf
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lim²⁴⁻²² pa³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lim²⁴⁻²² pa⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lim¹³⁻²² pa⁴⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 淋巴

1. (physiology) lymph

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
淋	巴
りん Jinmeiyō	は > ぱ Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch lympha, earlier form of modern Dutch lymfe, lymf.

This kanji spelling is an example of phonetic ateji (当て字).

Noun

淋巴(リンパ) • (rinpa) 

1. リンパ: lymph

Usage notes

The kanji spelling is quite rare in modern Japanese. The katakana spelling リンパ is much more common.