# 陂塘
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bēitáng, pítáng
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟ ㄊㄤˊ, ㄆㄧˊ ㄊㄤˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): bei$^1$ tong$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): pî-thòng
    (Hailu, HRS): bi$^ˋ$ tong
    (Meixian, Guangdong): bi$^1$ tong$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bēitáng
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄟ ㄊㄤˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: beitáng
*** Wade–Giles: pei$^1$-tʻang$^2$
*** Yale: bēi-táng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beitarng
*** Palladius: бэйтан (bɛjtan)
*** Sinological IPA : /peɪ̯⁵⁵ tʰɑŋ³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: pítáng
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˊ ㄊㄤˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: pítáng
*** Wade–Giles: pʻi$^2$-tʻang$^2$
*** Yale: pí-táng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyitarng
*** Palladius: питан (pitan)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰi³⁵ tʰɑŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bei$^1$ tong$^4$
*** Yale: bēi tòhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bei$^1$ tong$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: béi$^1$ tong$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /pei̯⁵⁵ tʰɔːŋ²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pî-thòng
*** Hakka Romanization System: bi$^ˊ$ tong$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: bi$^1$ tong$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /pi²⁴ tʰoŋ¹¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: bi$^ˋ$ tong
*** Sinological IPA: /pi⁵³ tʰoŋ⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: bi$^1$ tong$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /pi⁴⁴⁻³⁵ tʰɔŋ¹¹/
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*p(r)a[j] m.rˤaŋ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*pral l'aːŋ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 陂 | 塘 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | bēi | táng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ pje › | ‹ dang › |
| Old Chinese | /*p(r)a[j]/ | /*m.rˁaŋ/ (~ *mə.rˁaŋ) |
| English | river bank; dike | dam, dike |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 陂 | 塘 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 1/1 |
| No. | 9688 | 3968 |
| Phonetic component | 皮 | 庚 |
| Rime group | 歌 | 陽 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 陂 | 唐 |
| Old Chinese | /*pral/ | /*l'aːŋ/ |
| Notes | | 見莊子國語 |

### Noun

陂塘
* (literary or Hakka) pond; pool

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 池沼 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 池子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 池塘 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 池子, 灣 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 池子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 池子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 澇子, 池子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 池子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 池子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 池子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 池塘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 塘, 池子, 淌子 small |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 塘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 塘 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 塘, 池塘 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 塘, 池子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 塘 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 塘 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 池塘, 塘 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 塘 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 塘 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 塘 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 塘 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 塘 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 池塘 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 塘 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 塘 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 塘 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 塘 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 塘 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 塘 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 塘 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 塘 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 塘 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 塘 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 塘 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 眼塘 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 塘 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 眼塘 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 塘 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 塘 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 池塘 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 塘 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 水塘 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 塘 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 塘, 池塘 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 塘, 池塘, 陂塘 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 池塘 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 塘 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 池塘 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 塘 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 塘 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 水塘 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 塘 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 池塘 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 塘 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 塘 |
| Hakka | Changting | 塘 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 塘 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 塘 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 塘 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 塘 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 塘 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 塘 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 塘 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 陂塘 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 陂塘 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 陂塘 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 陂塘 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 陂塘 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 陂塘 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 池塘 |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 塘 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 塘 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Sihe) | 塘 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Qianpai) | 水塘 |
| Hakka | Gaozhou (Xindong) | 塘水 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 塘 |
| Hakka | Huazhou (Xin'an) | 塘水 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 塘 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Qingping) | 塘 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 塘 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 塘 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 塘 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 水池子, 池塘 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 塘, 池 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 池 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 池, 潭仔 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 池 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 池 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 水塘 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 池 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 塘 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 塘 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 塘 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 池塘, 塘, 水塘 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 池塘 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 池塘, 池潭 small, 塘 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 池塘 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 池塘 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 池, 池兒, 池塘 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 塘 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 塘 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 塘 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 塘, 池子 |