See 琵琶 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"descendants": [
{
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"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "琵琶"
},
"expansion": "琵琶",
"name": "lang"
},
{
"args": {
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"2": "-",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Japanese:",
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "琵琶",
"2": "びわ",
"gloss": ""
},
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{
"args": {
"1": "ko",
"2": "비파(琵琶)",
"3": "",
"4": "",
"5": "",
"bor": "1",
"t": "",
"t2": "",
"t3": "",
"t4": ""
},
"expansion": "→ Korean: 비파(琵琶) (bipa)",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "vi",
"2": "tì bà",
"bor": "1",
"t": "",
"tr": "琵琶"
},
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"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "琵琶",
"2": "びわ",
"3": "비파",
"4": "tì bà",
"5": "",
"6": "",
"h": "琵琶",
"j2": "",
"j2t": "",
"j3": "",
"j3t": "",
"j4": "",
"j4t": "",
"jdesc": "",
"jje2": "",
"jje2t": "",
"jje3": "",
"jje3t": "",
"jje4": "",
"jje4t": "",
"jjedesc": "",
"jjet": "",
"jt": "",
"k2": "",
"k2t": "",
"k3": "",
"k3t": "",
"k4": "",
"k4t": "",
"kdesc": "",
"kt": "",
"o": "琵琶",
"o2": "",
"o2t": "",
"o3": "",
"o3t": "",
"o4": "",
"o4t": "",
"odesc": "",
"ot": "",
"s": "琵琶",
"v": "琵琶",
"v2": "",
"v2t": "",
"v3": "",
"v3t": "",
"v4": "",
"v4t": "",
"vdesc": "",
"vt": ""
},
"expansion": "Sino-Xenic (琵琶):\n* → Japanese: 琵琶(びわ) (biwa)\n* → Korean: 비파(琵琶) (bipa)\n* → Vietnamese: tì bà (琵琶)",
"name": "CJKV/code"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "",
"2": "びわ",
"3": "비파",
"4": "tì bà"
},
"expansion": "Sino-Xenic (琵琶):\n* → Japanese: 琵琶(びわ) (biwa)\n* → Korean: 비파(琵琶) (bipa)\n* → Vietnamese: tì bà (琵琶)",
"name": "CJKV"
}
],
"text": "Sino-Xenic (琵琶):\n* → Japanese: 琵琶(びわ) (biwa)\n* → Korean: 비파(琵琶) (bipa)\n* → Vietnamese: tì bà (琵琶)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ka",
"2": "ფიფა",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Georgian: ფიფა (pipa)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Georgian: ფიფა (pipa)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "za",
"2": "bizbaz",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Zhuang: bizbaz",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Zhuang: bizbaz"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "بربط",
"3": "",
"4": "barbat; lute",
"tr": "barbat"
},
"expansion": "Persian بربط (barbat, “barbat; lute”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "βάρβιτος",
"3": "",
"4": "barbitos; ancient stringed instrument"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek βάρβιτος (bárbitos, “barbitos; ancient stringed instrument”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "枇杷"
},
"expansion": "枇杷 (pípá)",
"name": "zh-l"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "2nd CE"
},
"expansion": "[2nd CE]",
"name": "defdate"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "批把",
"2": "slap-grasp"
},
"expansion": "批把 (“slap-grasp”)",
"name": "zh-l"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "琵琶"
},
"expansion": "琵琶",
"name": "lang"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "枇杷",
"2": "loquat"
},
"expansion": "枇杷 (pípá, “loquat”)",
"name": "zh-l"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from a language in the Western Regions during the Han Dynasty. Compare Persian بربط (barbat, “barbat; lute”), Ancient Greek βάρβιτος (bárbitos, “barbitos; ancient stringed instrument”).\nBoth characters were initially non-checked-tone characters. Reborrowed during the Tang Dynasty from a source that more closely resembles the modern Persian name of the instrument, both characters were read as if they have checked codas. The original non-checked readings were restored after the Ming Dynasty (bat carving head pipa). Compare the modern checked-tone dialectal readings of 枇杷 (pípá).\nMuch folk etymology exists surrounding the name origin. The dictionary Shiming [2nd CE] explains the name as 批把 (“slap-grasp”), reflecting the plucking movements while playing the stringed instrument. 琵琶 is also cognate with—and possibly gave rise to the name of (due to the similarity in shape)—枇杷 (pípá, “loquat”), which is also a non-native species.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "枇杷"
},
{
"form": "批把"
},
{
"form": "鼙婆"
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "琵琶",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese disyllabic morphemes",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [
"Links with redundant alt parameters",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese links with redundant wikilinks",
"parents": [
"Links with redundant wikilinks",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Mandarin words containing toneless variants",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 4 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "zh",
"name": "String instruments",
"orig": "zh:String instruments",
"parents": [
"Musical instruments",
"Music",
"Tools",
"Art",
"Sound",
"Technology",
"Culture",
"Energy",
"All topics",
"Society",
"Nature",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "反彈琵琶"
},
{
"word": "反弹琵琶"
},
{
"word": "彈琵琶"
},
{
"word": "弹琵琶"
},
{
"roman": "yángpípa",
"word": "洋琵琶"
},
{
"word": "漢琵琶"
},
{
"word": "汉琵琶"
},
{
"word": "烏孫琵琶"
},
{
"word": "乌孙琵琶"
},
{
"roman": "pípábiébào",
"word": "琵琶別抱"
},
{
"roman": "pípábiébào",
"word": "琵琶别抱"
},
{
"roman": "Pípáhú",
"word": "琵琶湖"
},
{
"word": "琵琶舊語"
},
{
"word": "琵琶旧语"
},
{
"roman": "pípáchóng",
"word": "琵琶蟲"
},
{
"roman": "pípáchóng",
"word": "琵琶虫"
},
{
"word": "琵琶行"
},
{
"word": "琵琶襟"
},
{
"word": "琵琶記"
},
{
"word": "琵琶记"
},
{
"word": "琵琶調"
},
{
"word": "琵琶调"
},
{
"word": "琵琶譜"
},
{
"word": "琵琶谱"
},
{
"word": "琵琶錄"
},
{
"word": "琵琶录"
},
{
"roman": "pípagǔ",
"word": "琵琶骨"
},
{
"roman": "pípáyú",
"word": "琵琶魚"
},
{
"roman": "pípáyú",
"word": "琵琶鱼"
},
{
"word": "琵琶鮫"
},
{
"word": "琵琶鲛"
},
{
"roman": "qínpípá",
"word": "秦琵琶"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Yet we called and urged a thousand times before she started toward us,\nStill hiding half her face from us behind her pipa.",
"raw_tags": [
"Classical Chinese",
"Traditional Chinese"
],
"ref": " 816, 白居易 (Bai Juyi), 琵琶行 (The Song of the Pipa Player)",
"roman": "Qiānhūwànhuàn shǐ chūlái, yóu bào pípá bàn zhē miàn.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin"
],
"text": "千呼萬喚始出來，猶抱琵琶半遮面。",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"english": "Yet we called and urged a thousand times before she started toward us,\nStill hiding half her face from us behind her pipa.",
"raw_tags": [
"Classical Chinese",
"Simplified Chinese"
],
"ref": " 816, 白居易 (Bai Juyi), 琵琶行 (The Song of the Pipa Player)",
"roman": "Qiānhūwànhuàn shǐ chūlái, yóu bào pípá bàn zhē miàn.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin"
],
"text": "千呼万唤始出来，犹抱琵琶半遮面。",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"pipa (plucked Chinese string instrument)"
],
"id": "en-琵琶-zh-noun-4bFvxdo4",
"links": [
[
"pipa",
"pipa"
]
],
"wikipedia": [
"Han Dynasty",
"Shiming",
"Tang Dynasty",
"Western Regions"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "pípá"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄆㄧˊ ㄆㄚˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "pei⁴ paa⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "pei⁴ paa⁴⁻²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Phak-fa-su",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "phì-phà"
},
{
"zh-pron": "bǐ-bǎ"
},
{
"zh-pron": "bì-bà"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "pî-pê"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "kî-pê"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "gî-pê"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "khî-pê"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "pî-pêe"
},
{
"tags": [
"Peng'im",
"Teochew"
],
"zh-pron": "bi⁵ bê⁵"
},
{
"zh-pron": "⁶bi-bo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "pípá"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin",
"standard",
"toneless-final-syllable-variant"
],
"zh-pron": "pípa"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄆㄧˊ ㄆㄚˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo",
"standard",
"toneless-final-syllable-variant"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄆㄧˊ ˙ㄆㄚ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "pípå"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "pʻi²-pʻa⁵"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "pí-pa"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "pyi.par"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "пипа"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "pipa"
},
{
"ipa": "/pʰi³⁵ pʰä³⁵/ ",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA",
"standard"
]
},
{
"ipa": " /pʰi³⁵ pʰä³/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA",
"standard"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong-Kong",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "pei⁴ paa⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong-Kong",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "pei⁴ paa⁴⁻²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong-Kong",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "pèih pàh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong-Kong",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "pèih pá"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong-Kong",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "pei⁴ paa⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong-Kong",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "pei⁴ paa⁴⁻²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong-Kong"
],
"zh-pron": "péi⁴ pa⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong-Kong"
],
"zh-pron": "péi⁴ pa⁴⁻²"
},
{
"ipa": "/pʰei̯²¹ pʰaː²¹/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong-Kong",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/pʰei̯²¹ pʰaː²¹⁻³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong-Kong",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Meinong",
"Miaoli",
"Phak-fa-su",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "phì-phà"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Hakka-Romanization-System",
"Meinong",
"Miaoli",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "pi^ˇ pa^ˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hagfa-Pinyim",
"Hakka",
"Meinong",
"Miaoli",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "pi² pa²"
},
{
"ipa": "/pʰi¹¹ pʰa¹¹/",
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Meinong",
"Miaoli",
"Sinological-IPA",
"Sixian"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Jian'ou",
"Kienning-Colloquial-Romanized"
],
"zh-pron": "bǐ-bǎ"
},
{
"ipa": "/pi²¹ pa²¹/",
"tags": [
"Jian'ou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Foochow-Romanized",
"Fuzhou"
],
"zh-pron": "bì-bà"
},
{
"ipa": "/pi⁵³⁻³³ ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾βa⁵³/",
"tags": [
"Fuzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "pî-pê"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "pi'pee"
},
{
"ipa": "/pi¹³⁻²² pe¹³/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Zhangzhou"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/pi²⁴⁻¹¹ pe²⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Taipei"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/pi²⁴⁻²² pe²⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/pi²³⁻³³ pe²³/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Kaohsiung"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "kî-pê"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "ki'pee"
},
{
"ipa": "/ki²⁴⁻²² pe²⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "gî-pê"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "gi'pee"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɡi²⁴⁻²² pe²⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "khî-pê"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "qi'pee"
},
{
"ipa": "/kʰi²⁴⁻²² pe²⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Quanzhou"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "pî-pêe"
},
{
"ipa": "/pi¹³⁻²² pɛ¹³/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Zhangzhou"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"POJ",
"Teochew"
],
"zh-pron": "pî pê"
},
{
"ipa": "/pi⁵⁵⁻¹¹ pe⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Sinological-IPA",
"Teochew"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Northern",
"Wu"
],
"zh-pron": "⁶bi-bo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Northern",
"Wu"
],
"zh-pron": "bi^去 bo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Northern",
"Wu"
],
"zh-pron": "³bi-bo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Northern",
"Wu"
],
"zh-pron": "/bi²² bo⁴⁴/"
},
{
"tags": [
"Middle-Chinese"
],
"zh-pron": "bjij bae"
},
{
"tags": [
"Old-Chinese",
"Zhengzhang"
],
"zh-pron": "/*bi braː/"
},
{
"other": "/ kî-pê /"
},
{
"other": "/ khî-pê /"
},
{
"ipa": "/pʰi³⁵ pʰä³⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/pʰi³⁵ pʰä³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/pʰei̯²¹ pʰaː²¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/pʰei̯²¹ pʰaː²¹⁻³⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/pʰi¹¹ pʰa¹¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/pi²¹ pa²¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/pi⁵³⁻³³ ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾βa⁵³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/pi¹³⁻²² pe¹³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/pi²⁴⁻¹¹ pe²⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/pi²⁴⁻²² pe²⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/pi²³⁻³³ pe²³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ki²⁴⁻²² pe²⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɡi²⁴⁻²² pe²⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kʰi²⁴⁻²² pe²⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/pi¹³⁻²² pɛ¹³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/pi⁵⁵⁻¹¹ pe⁵⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/bi²² bo⁴⁴/"
},
{
"other": "/*bi braː/"
}
],
"word": "琵琶"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"word": "反彈琵琶"
},
{
"word": "反弹琵琶"
},
{
"word": "彈琵琶"
},
{
"word": "弹琵琶"
},
{
"roman": "yángpípa",
"word": "洋琵琶"
},
{
"word": "漢琵琶"
},
{
"word": "汉琵琶"
},
{
"word": "烏孫琵琶"
},
{
"word": "乌孙琵琶"
},
{
"roman": "pípábiébào",
"word": "琵琶別抱"
},
{
"roman": "pípábiébào",
"word": "琵琶别抱"
},
{
"roman": "Pípáhú",
"word": "琵琶湖"
},
{
"word": "琵琶舊語"
},
{
"word": "琵琶旧语"
},
{
"roman": "pípáchóng",
"word": "琵琶蟲"
},
{
"roman": "pípáchóng",
"word": "琵琶虫"
},
{
"word": "琵琶行"
},
{
"word": "琵琶襟"
},
{
"word": "琵琶記"
},
{
"word": "琵琶记"
},
{
"word": "琵琶調"
},
{
"word": "琵琶调"
},
{
"word": "琵琶譜"
},
{
"word": "琵琶谱"
},
{
"word": "琵琶錄"
},
{
"word": "琵琶录"
},
{
"roman": "pípagǔ",
"word": "琵琶骨"
},
{
"roman": "pípáyú",
"word": "琵琶魚"
},
{
"roman": "pípáyú",
"word": "琵琶鱼"
},
{
"word": "琵琶鮫"
},
{
"word": "琵琶鲛"
},
{
"roman": "qínpípá",
"word": "秦琵琶"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 0,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "琵琶"
},
"expansion": "琵琶",
"name": "lang"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "-",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Japanese:",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "琵琶",
"2": "びわ",
"gloss": ""
},
"expansion": "琵琶(びわ) (biwa)",
"name": "ja-r"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ko",
"2": "비파(琵琶)",
"3": "",
"4": "",
"5": "",
"bor": "1",
"t": "",
"t2": "",
"t3": "",
"t4": ""
},
"expansion": "→ Korean: 비파(琵琶) (bipa)",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "vi",
"2": "tì bà",
"bor": "1",
"t": "",
"tr": "琵琶"
},
"expansion": "→ Vietnamese: tì bà (琵琶)",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "琵琶",
"2": "びわ",
"3": "비파",
"4": "tì bà",
"5": "",
"6": "",
"h": "琵琶",
"j2": "",
"j2t": "",
"j3": "",
"j3t": "",
"j4": "",
"j4t": "",
"jdesc": "",
"jje2": "",
"jje2t": "",
"jje3": "",
"jje3t": "",
"jje4": "",
"jje4t": "",
"jjedesc": "",
"jjet": "",
"jt": "",
"k2": "",
"k2t": "",
"k3": "",
"k3t": "",
"k4": "",
"k4t": "",
"kdesc": "",
"kt": "",
"o": "琵琶",
"o2": "",
"o2t": "",
"o3": "",
"o3t": "",
"o4": "",
"o4t": "",
"odesc": "",
"ot": "",
"s": "琵琶",
"v": "琵琶",
"v2": "",
"v2t": "",
"v3": "",
"v3t": "",
"v4": "",
"v4t": "",
"vdesc": "",
"vt": ""
},
"expansion": "Sino-Xenic (琵琶):\n* → Japanese: 琵琶(びわ) (biwa)\n* → Korean: 비파(琵琶) (bipa)\n* → Vietnamese: tì bà (琵琶)",
"name": "CJKV/code"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "",
"2": "びわ",
"3": "비파",
"4": "tì bà"
},
"expansion": "Sino-Xenic (琵琶):\n* → Japanese: 琵琶(びわ) (biwa)\n* → Korean: 비파(琵琶) (bipa)\n* → Vietnamese: tì bà (琵琶)",
"name": "CJKV"
}
],
"text": "Sino-Xenic (琵琶):\n* → Japanese: 琵琶(びわ) (biwa)\n* → Korean: 비파(琵琶) (bipa)\n* → Vietnamese: tì bà (琵琶)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ka",
"2": "ფიფა",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Georgian: ფიფა (pipa)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Georgian: ფიფა (pipa)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "za",
"2": "bizbaz",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Zhuang: bizbaz",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Zhuang: bizbaz"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "بربط",
"3": "",
"4": "barbat; lute",
"tr": "barbat"
},
"expansion": "Persian بربط (barbat, “barbat; lute”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "βάρβιτος",
"3": "",
"4": "barbitos; ancient stringed instrument"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek βάρβιτος (bárbitos, “barbitos; ancient stringed instrument”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "枇杷"
},
"expansion": "枇杷 (pípá)",
"name": "zh-l"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "2nd CE"
},
"expansion": "[2nd CE]",
"name": "defdate"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "批把",
"2": "slap-grasp"
},
"expansion": "批把 (“slap-grasp”)",
"name": "zh-l"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "琵琶"
},
"expansion": "琵琶",
"name": "lang"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "枇杷",
"2": "loquat"
},
"expansion": "枇杷 (pípá, “loquat”)",
"name": "zh-l"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from a language in the Western Regions during the Han Dynasty. Compare Persian بربط (barbat, “barbat; lute”), Ancient Greek βάρβιτος (bárbitos, “barbitos; ancient stringed instrument”).\nBoth characters were initially non-checked-tone characters. Reborrowed during the Tang Dynasty from a source that more closely resembles the modern Persian name of the instrument, both characters were read as if they have checked codas. The original non-checked readings were restored after the Ming Dynasty (bat carving head pipa). Compare the modern checked-tone dialectal readings of 枇杷 (pípá).\nMuch folk etymology exists surrounding the name origin. The dictionary Shiming [2nd CE] explains the name as 批把 (“slap-grasp”), reflecting the plucking movements while playing the stringed instrument. 琵琶 is also cognate with—and possibly gave rise to the name of (due to the similarity in shape)—枇杷 (pípá, “loquat”), which is also a non-native species.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "枇杷"
},
{
"form": "批把"
},
{
"form": "鼙婆"
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "琵琶",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Cantonese lemmas",
"Cantonese nouns",
"Cantonese terms with homophones",
"Chinese disyllabic morphemes",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese links with redundant alt parameters",
"Chinese links with redundant wikilinks",
"Chinese nouns",
"Chinese terms spelled with 琵",
"Chinese terms spelled with 琶",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Eastern Min lemmas",
"Eastern Min nouns",
"Hakka lemmas",
"Hakka nouns",
"Hokkien lemmas",
"Hokkien nouns",
"Literary Chinese terms with quotations",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Mandarin nouns",
"Mandarin terms with homophones",
"Mandarin words containing toneless variants",
"Middle Chinese lemmas",
"Middle Chinese nouns",
"Northern Min lemmas",
"Northern Min nouns",
"Old Chinese lemmas",
"Old Chinese nouns",
"Pages with 4 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Teochew lemmas",
"Teochew nouns",
"Wu lemmas",
"Wu nouns",
"zh:String instruments"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Yet we called and urged a thousand times before she started toward us,\nStill hiding half her face from us behind her pipa.",
"raw_tags": [
"Classical Chinese",
"Traditional Chinese"
],
"ref": " 816, 白居易 (Bai Juyi), 琵琶行 (The Song of the Pipa Player)",
"roman": "Qiānhūwànhuàn shǐ chūlái, yóu bào pípá bàn zhē miàn.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin"
],
"text": "千呼萬喚始出來，猶抱琵琶半遮面。",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"english": "Yet we called and urged a thousand times before she started toward us,\nStill hiding half her face from us behind her pipa.",
"raw_tags": [
"Classical Chinese",
"Simplified Chinese"
],
"ref": " 816, 白居易 (Bai Juyi), 琵琶行 (The Song of the Pipa Player)",
"roman": "Qiānhūwànhuàn shǐ chūlái, yóu bào pípá bàn zhē miàn.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin"
],
"text": "千呼万唤始出来，犹抱琵琶半遮面。",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"pipa (plucked Chinese string instrument)"
],
"links": [
[
"pipa",
"pipa"
]
],
"wikipedia": [
"Han Dynasty",
"Shiming",
"Tang Dynasty",
"Western Regions"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "pípá"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄆㄧˊ ㄆㄚˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "pei⁴ paa⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "pei⁴ paa⁴⁻²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Phak-fa-su",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "phì-phà"
},
{
"zh-pron": "bǐ-bǎ"
},
{
"zh-pron": "bì-bà"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "pî-pê"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "kî-pê"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "gî-pê"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "khî-pê"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "pî-pêe"
},
{
"tags": [
"Peng'im",
"Teochew"
],
"zh-pron": "bi⁵ bê⁵"
},
{
"zh-pron": "⁶bi-bo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "pípá"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin",
"standard",
"toneless-final-syllable-variant"
],
"zh-pron": "pípa"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄆㄧˊ ㄆㄚˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo",
"standard",
"toneless-final-syllable-variant"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄆㄧˊ ˙ㄆㄚ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "pípå"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "pʻi²-pʻa⁵"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "pí-pa"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "pyi.par"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "пипа"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "pipa"
},
{
"ipa": "/pʰi³⁵ pʰä³⁵/ ",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA",
"standard"
]
},
{
"ipa": " /pʰi³⁵ pʰä³/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA",
"standard"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong-Kong",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "pei⁴ paa⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong-Kong",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "pei⁴ paa⁴⁻²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong-Kong",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "pèih pàh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong-Kong",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "pèih pá"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong-Kong",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "pei⁴ paa⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong-Kong",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "pei⁴ paa⁴⁻²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong-Kong"
],
"zh-pron": "péi⁴ pa⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong-Kong"
],
"zh-pron": "péi⁴ pa⁴⁻²"
},
{
"ipa": "/pʰei̯²¹ pʰaː²¹/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong-Kong",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/pʰei̯²¹ pʰaː²¹⁻³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong-Kong",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Meinong",
"Miaoli",
"Phak-fa-su",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "phì-phà"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Hakka-Romanization-System",
"Meinong",
"Miaoli",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "pi^ˇ pa^ˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hagfa-Pinyim",
"Hakka",
"Meinong",
"Miaoli",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "pi² pa²"
},
{
"ipa": "/pʰi¹¹ pʰa¹¹/",
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Meinong",
"Miaoli",
"Sinological-IPA",
"Sixian"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Jian'ou",
"Kienning-Colloquial-Romanized"
],
"zh-pron": "bǐ-bǎ"
},
{
"ipa": "/pi²¹ pa²¹/",
"tags": [
"Jian'ou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Foochow-Romanized",
"Fuzhou"
],
"zh-pron": "bì-bà"
},
{
"ipa": "/pi⁵³⁻³³ ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾βa⁵³/",
"tags": [
"Fuzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "pî-pê"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "pi'pee"
},
{
"ipa": "/pi¹³⁻²² pe¹³/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Zhangzhou"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/pi²⁴⁻¹¹ pe²⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Taipei"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/pi²⁴⁻²² pe²⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/pi²³⁻³³ pe²³/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Kaohsiung"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "kî-pê"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "ki'pee"
},
{
"ipa": "/ki²⁴⁻²² pe²⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "gî-pê"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "gi'pee"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɡi²⁴⁻²² pe²⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "khî-pê"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "qi'pee"
},
{
"ipa": "/kʰi²⁴⁻²² pe²⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Quanzhou"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "pî-pêe"
},
{
"ipa": "/pi¹³⁻²² pɛ¹³/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Zhangzhou"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"POJ",
"Teochew"
],
"zh-pron": "pî pê"
},
{
"ipa": "/pi⁵⁵⁻¹¹ pe⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Sinological-IPA",
"Teochew"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Northern",
"Wu"
],
"zh-pron": "⁶bi-bo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Northern",
"Wu"
],
"zh-pron": "bi^去 bo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Northern",
"Wu"
],
"zh-pron": "³bi-bo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Northern",
"Wu"
],
"zh-pron": "/bi²² bo⁴⁴/"
},
{
"tags": [
"Middle-Chinese"
],
"zh-pron": "bjij bae"
},
{
"tags": [
"Old-Chinese",
"Zhengzhang"
],
"zh-pron": "/*bi braː/"
},
{
"other": "/ kî-pê /"
},
{
"other": "/ khî-pê /"
},
{
"ipa": "/pʰi³⁵ pʰä³⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/pʰi³⁵ pʰä³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/pʰei̯²¹ pʰaː²¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/pʰei̯²¹ pʰaː²¹⁻³⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/pʰi¹¹ pʰa¹¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/pi²¹ pa²¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/pi⁵³⁻³³ ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾βa⁵³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/pi¹³⁻²² pe¹³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/pi²⁴⁻¹¹ pe²⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/pi²⁴⁻²² pe²⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/pi²³⁻³³ pe²³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ki²⁴⁻²² pe²⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɡi²⁴⁻²² pe²⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kʰi²⁴⁻²² pe²⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/pi¹³⁻²² pɛ¹³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/pi⁵⁵⁻¹¹ pe⁵⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/bi²² bo⁴⁴/"
},
{
"other": "/*bi braː/"
}
],
"word": "琵琶"
}
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Chinese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.