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

  (Hailu, HRS): bi^ˋ tong

  (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 Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pî-thòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: bi^ˊ tong^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bi¹ tong²
    • Sinological IPA: /pi²⁴ tʰoŋ¹¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: bi^ˋ tong
    • Sinological IPA: /pi⁵³ tʰoŋ⁵⁵/
  • (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)		池沼
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	池子
	Taiwan	池塘
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	池子, 灣
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	池子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	池子
	Xi'an	澇子, 池子
	Xining	池子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	池子
	Ürümqi	池子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	池塘
	Wuhan	塘, 池子, 淌子 small
	Guiyang	塘
	Liuzhou	塘
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	塘, 池塘
	Yangzhou	塘, 池子
	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, Xiangzhou)	塘
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; 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
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	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	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	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