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頻婆

頻婆

See also: 频婆

Chinese

		frequency; frequently; repetitious	grandmother; matron; mother-in-law
trad. (頻婆)		頻	婆
simp. (频婆)		频	婆
alt. forms		頻婆羅／频婆罗頻波／频波頻螺／频螺避邏／避逻蘋婆／苹婆

Noun

頻婆

Sterculia monosperma
(archaic) Alternative term for 蘋果 (“apple”).

Etymology

Borrowing from Sanskrit बिम्ब ‎(bimba, “Momordica monadelpha (a plant bearing a bright-red gourd)”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): pínpó

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄣˊ ㄆㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pan⁴ po^4-2

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: pínpó
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄣˊ ㄆㄛˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pynpor
  - IPA ^(key): /pʰin³⁵ pʰu̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: pan⁴ po^4-2
  - Yale: pàhn pó
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pan⁴ po^4-2
  - IPA ^(key): /pʰɐn²¹ pʰɔː²¹⁻³⁵/

Middle Chinese: /biɪn buɑ/▼

Rime
Character	頻	婆
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)	戈 (95)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	符眞切	薄波切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/biɪn/	/buɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/bin/	/buɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/bjen/	/buɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bin/	/bwa/
Li Rong	/biĕn/	/buɑ/
Wang Li	/bĭĕn/	/buɑ/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱi̯ĕn/	/bʱuɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pín	pó