# 枇杷
## Chinese
### 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): pei$^4$ paa$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phì-phà
* Northern Min (KCR): bǐ-bǎ
* Eastern Min (BUC): bì-bà
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): pî-pê / gî-pê / kî-pê / khî-pê / tî-pê / pî-pêe / gî-pêe
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bi$^5$ bê$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^8$biq-boq$_8$; $^8$biq-bo$_6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: pípá
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˊ ㄆㄚˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: pípá
*** Wade–Giles: pʻi$^2$-pʻa$^2$
*** Yale: pí-pá
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyipar
*** Palladius: пипа (pipa)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰi³⁵ pʰä³⁵/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$批把 枇把 枇杷 琵琶
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: pei$^4$ paa$^4$
*** Yale: pèih pàh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: pei$^4$ paa$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: péi$^4$ pa$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰei̯²¹ pʰaː²¹/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$枇杷 琵琶
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phì-phà
*** Hakka Romanization System: pi$^ˇ$ pa$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: pi$^2$ pa$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /pʰi¹¹ pʰa¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bǐ-bǎ
*** Sinological IPA : /pi²¹ pa²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: bì-bà
*** Sinological IPA : /pi⁵³⁻³³ $^{(p-)}$βa⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Tainan, Magong)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pî-pê
*** Tâi-lô: pî-pê
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pi'pee
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi¹³⁻²² pe¹³/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /pi²⁴⁻²² pe²⁴/
*** IPA (Tainan): /pi²⁴⁻³³ pe²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Yilan, Taichung)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gî-pê
*** Tâi-lô: gî-pê
*** Phofsit Daibuun: gi'pee
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ɡi²⁴⁻²² pe²⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ɡi²⁴⁻¹¹ pe²⁴/
*** IPA (Yilan): /ɡi²⁴⁻³³ 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, Lukang): /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 (Tainan): /ti²⁴⁻³³ pe²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ti²³⁻³³ pe²³/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pî-pêe
*** Tâi-lô: pî-pêe
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi¹³⁻²² pɛ¹³/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gî-pêe
*** Tâi-lô: gî-pêe
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡi¹³⁻²² pɛ¹³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: bi$^5$ bê$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pî pê
*** Sinological IPA : /pi⁵⁵⁻¹¹ pe⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^8$biq-boq$_8$; $^8$biq-bo$_6$
*** MiniDict: bih$^入$ boh$^入$; bih$^入$ bo$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^5$biq-boq$_5$; $^5$biq-bo$_3$
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /biɪʔ¹¹ boʔ²³/, /biɪʔ¹¹ bo²³/

### Noun

枇杷
* loquat (type of fruit)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 枇杷(ビワ) (biwa)
* → Korean: 비파(枇杷) (bipa)
* → Vietnamese: tì bà (枇杷)
Others:
* → Zhuang: bizbaz

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 枇 | 杷 |
| び Jinmeiyō | は > わ Jinmeiyō |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) びわ [bíꜜwà] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [bʲiβ̞a̠]

### Noun

枇(び)杷(わ) or 枇杷(ビワ) • (biwa)
* loquat, Eriobotrya japonica

#### Derived terms

* 枇杷核(びわかく) (biwakaku)
* 枇杷葉(びわよう) (biwayō)

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 枇 | 杷 |

### Noun

枇杷 • (bipa) (hangeul 비파)
* hanja form of 비파 (“loquat (type of fruit)”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 枇 | 杷 |

### Noun

枇杷
* chữ Hán form of tì bà (“loquat”).