枇杷

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (枇杷)		枇	杷

Loquat fruit

Etymology

From 琵琶 (pípá, “pipa”). The fruit is said to resemble the musical instrument in shape.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pípá

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˊ ㄆㄚˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pei⁴ paa⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phì-phà
Min Dong (BUC): bì-bà
Min Nan (POJ): pî-pê / gî-pê / kî-pê / khî-pê / tî-pê / pî-pêe
Wu (Wiktionary): biq boq (T5); biq bo (T5)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: pípá
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˊ ㄆㄚˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyipar
  - IPA ^(key): /pʰi³⁵ pʰä³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    批把
    枇把
    枇杷
    琵琶
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
  - Jyutping: pei⁴ paa⁴
  - Yale: pèih pàh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pei⁴ paa⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: péi⁴ pa⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /pʰei̯²¹ pʰäː²¹/
  - Homophones:
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    枇杷
    琵琶
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phì-phà
  - Hakka Romanization System: piˇ paˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: pi² pa²
  - IPA: /pʰi¹¹ pʰa¹¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: bì-bà
  - IPA ^(key): /pi⁵³⁻³³ ^(p-)βa⁵³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Tainan, Magong)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pî-pê
  - Tâi-lô: pî-pê
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pi'pee
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pi²⁴⁻²² pe²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi¹³⁻²² pe¹³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Yilan, Taichung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gî-pê
  - Tâi-lô: gî-pê
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gi'pee
  - IPA (Xiamen): /gi²⁴⁻²² pe²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /gi²⁴⁻¹¹ pe²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kî-pê
  - Tâi-lô: kî-pê
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ki'pee
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ki²⁴⁻²² pe²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen, Hsinchu)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khî-pê
  - Tâi-lô: khî-pê
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qi'pee
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi²⁴⁻²² pe²⁴/
  - IPA (Kinmen): /kʰi²⁴⁻¹² pe²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Tainan, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tî-pê
  - Tâi-lô: tî-pê
  - Phofsit Daibuun: di'pee
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ti²³⁻³³ pe²³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pî-pêe
  - Tâi-lô: pî-pêe
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi¹³⁻²² pɛ¹³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: biq boq (T5); biq bo (T5)
  - IPA ^(key): /b̻i̯ɪʔ¹¹ b̻ʊʔ²³/, /b̻i̯ɪʔ¹¹ b̻o²³/

Noun

枇杷

loquat (type of fruit)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
枇	杷
び Jinmeiyō	わ Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Noun

枇杷 (katakana ビワ, hiragana びわ, rōmaji biwa)

loquat (type of fruit)

Korean

Hanja in this term
枇	杷

Noun

枇杷 • (bipa) (hangeul 비파)

Hanja form^? of 비파 (“loquat (type of fruit)”).

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