陂塘

Chinese

		rugged; uneven; reservoir	pond
simp. and trad. (陂塘)		陂	塘

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bēitáng, pítáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟ ㄊㄤˊ, ㄆㄧˊ ㄊㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bei¹ tong⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): pî-thòng

  (Meixian, Guangdong): bi¹ tong²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bēitáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟ ㄊㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: beitáng
    • Wade–Giles: pei¹-tʻang²
    • Yale: bēi-táng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beitarng
    • Palladius: бэйтан (bɛjtan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯⁵⁵ tʰɑŋ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pítáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˊ ㄊㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pítáng
    • Wade–Giles: pʻi²-tʻang²
    • Yale: pí-táng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyitarng
    • Palladius: питан (pitan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi³⁵ tʰɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bei¹ tong⁴
    • Yale: bēi tòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bei¹ tong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: béi¹ tong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯⁵⁵ tʰɔːŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pî-thòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: bi´ tongˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bi¹ tong²
    • Sinological IPA: /pi²⁴ tʰoŋ¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: bi¹ tong²
    • Sinological IPA: /pi⁴⁴⁻³⁵ tʰɔŋ¹¹/

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• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*p(r)a[j]  m.rˤaŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*pral  l'aːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	陂	塘
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bēi	táng
Middle Chinese	‹ pje ›	‹ dang ›
Old Chinese	/*p(r)a[j]/	/*m.rˁaŋ/ (~ *mə.rˁaŋ)
English	river bank; dike	dam, dike
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	陂	塘
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	9688	3968
Phonetic component	皮	庚
Rime group	歌	陽
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	陂	唐
Old Chinese	/*pral/	/*l'aːŋ/
Notes		見莊子國語

Noun

陂塘

1. (literary or Hakka) pond; pool

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 池塘 (“pond”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		池塘
Mandarin	Beijing	池子
	Taiwan	池塘
	Yantai (Muping)	池子
	Jinan	池子, 灣
	Luoyang	池子
	Xi'an	澇子, 池子
	Yinchuan	池子
	Xining	池子
	Ürümqi	池子
	Wuhan	塘, 池子, 淌子 small
	Chengdu	池塘
	Guiyang	塘
	Liuzhou	塘
	Yangzhou	塘, 池子
	Nanjing	塘, 池塘
	Hefei	塘
Cantonese	Guangzhou	塘
	Hong Kong	池塘, 塘
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	塘
	Macau	塘
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	塘
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	塘
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	塘
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	池塘
	Foshan	塘
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	塘
	Foshan (Shunde)	塘
	Foshan (Sanshui)	塘
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	塘
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	塘
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	塘
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	塘
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	塘
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	塘
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	塘
	Taishan	眼塘
	Kaiping (Chikan)	塘
	Enping (Niujiang)	眼塘
	Heshan (Yayao)	塘
	Dongguan	塘
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	池塘
	Yangjiang	塘
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	水塘
Gan	Nanchang	塘
	Pingxiang	塘, 池塘
Hakka	Meixian	塘, 池塘, 陂塘
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	池塘
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	塘
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	池塘
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	塘
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	塘
	Wengyuan	水塘
	Liannan	塘
	Conghua (Lütian)	池塘
	Jiexi	塘
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	塘
	Changting	塘
	Wuping (Yanqian)	塘
	Ninghua	塘
	Yudu	塘
	Ningdu	塘
	Tonggu (Sandu)	塘
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	塘
	Dayu	塘
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	陂塘
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	陂塘
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	陂塘
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	陂塘
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	陂塘
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	陂塘
	Hong Kong	池塘
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	塘
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	塘
	Xinyi (Sihe)	塘
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	水塘
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	塘水
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	塘
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	塘水
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	塘
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	塘
	Mengshan (Xihe)	塘
	Luchuan	塘
Huizhou	Jixi	塘
Jin	Taiyuan	水池子, 池塘
Northern Min	Jian'ou	塘, 池
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	池
Southern Min	Xiamen	池, 潭仔
	Chaozhou	池
	Jieyang	池
	Bangkok (Teochew)	水塘
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	池
	Haikou	塘
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	塘
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	塘
Wu	Shanghai	池塘, 塘, 水塘
	Shanghai (Chongming)	池塘
	Suzhou	池塘, 池潭 small, 塘
	Hangzhou	池塘
	Ningbo	池塘
	Wenzhou	池, 池兒, 池塘
	Jinhua	塘
Xiang	Changsha	塘
	Loudi	塘
	Shuangfeng	塘, 池子