淋巴

淋巴

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (淋巴)		淋	巴

Etymology

Borrowed from English lymph.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): línbā

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄅㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lam⁴ baa¹
• Min Nan (POJ): lîm-pa

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: línbā
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄅㄚ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linba
    • IPA ^(key): /lin³⁵ pa̠⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lam⁴ baa¹
    • Yale: làhm bā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lam⁴ baa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lem⁴ ba¹
    • IPA ^(key): /lɐm²¹ paː⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîm-pa
    • Tâi-lô: lîm-pa
    • Phofsit Daibuun: limpaf
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lim²⁴⁻²² pa³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lim²⁴⁻²² pa⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lim¹³⁻²² pa⁴⁴/

Noun

淋巴

1. (physiology) lymph

Derived terms

淋巴液 淋巴球 淋巴瘤 (línbāliú) 淋巴癌 (línbā'ái) 淋巴管

淋巴節／淋巴节 淋巴系統／淋巴系统 (línbā xìtǒng) 淋巴細胞／淋巴细胞 (línbā xìbāo) 淋巴結／淋巴结 (línbājié) 淋巴腺

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
淋	巴
りん Jinmeiyō	は > ぱ Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch lympha,[1] earlier form of modern Dutch lymfe, lymf.

This kanji spelling is an example of phonetic ateji (当て字).

Noun

淋巴 (katakana リンパ, rōmaji rinpa)

1. リンパ: lymph

Usage notes

The kanji spelling is quite rare in modern Japanese. The katakana spelling リンパ is much more common.

References

1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan