淋巴

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (淋巴)		淋	巴

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lympha.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): línbā

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄅㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lam⁴ baa¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lîm-pa

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: línbā
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄅㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: línba
    • Wade–Giles: lin²-pa¹
    • Yale: lín-bā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linba
    • Palladius: линьба (linʹba)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lin³⁵ pä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lam⁴ baa¹
    • Yale: làhm bā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lam⁴ baa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lem⁴ ba¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐm²¹ paː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîm-pa
    • Tâi-lô: lîm-pa
    • Phofsit Daibuun: limpaf
    • IPA (Taipei): /lim²⁴⁻¹¹ pa⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lim²⁴⁻²² pa³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lim¹³⁻²² pa⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lim²³⁻³³ pa⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lim²⁴⁻²² pa⁴⁴/

Noun

淋巴

1. (physiology) lymph [from 20th c.]

   淋巴水腫／淋巴水肿  ―  línbā shuǐzhǒng  ―  lymphedema

   淋巴轉移／淋巴转移  ―  línbā zhuǎnyí  ―  lymph metastasis

   淋巴器官  ―  línbā qìguān  ―  lymphoid organ

   淋巴組織／淋巴组织  ―  línbā zǔzhī  ―  lymphatic tissue

2. (everyday speech) lymph node

   淋巴腫了／淋巴肿了  ―  línbā zhǒng le  ―  The lymph nodes are swelling

   淋巴肉  ―  línbā ròu  ―  meat that has lymph node

Synonyms

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		淋巴, 淋巴液
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	淋巴
Cantonese	Hong Kong	淋巴, 淋巴液
Southern Min	Xiamen	淋巴
	Quanzhou	淋巴
	Zhangzhou	淋巴
	Tainan	淋巴

Dialectal synonyms of 淋巴 (“lymph”) [map]

Derived terms

• 淋巴液 (línbāyè)
• 淋巴球 (línbāqiú)
• 淋巴瘤 (línbāliú)
• 淋巴癌 (línbā'ái)
• 淋巴管 (línbāguǎn)
• 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 (línbāxiàn)

 

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(リンパ) • (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. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN