淋巴

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (淋巴りんぱ)		淋	巴ともえ

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

淋巴りんぱ

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

   淋巴りんぱ水腫すいしゅ／淋巴りんぱ水みず肿  ―  línbā shuǐzhǒng  ―  lymphedema

   淋巴りんぱ轉移てんい／淋巴りんぱ转移  ―  línbā zhuǎnyí  ―  lymph metastasis

   淋巴りんぱ器官きかん  ―  línbā qìguān  ―  lymphoid organ

   淋巴りんぱ組織そしき／淋巴りんぱ组织  ―  línbā zǔzhī  ―  lymphatic tissue

2. (everyday speech) lymph node

   淋巴りんぱ肿了りょう  ―  línbā zhǒng le  ―  The lymph nodes are swelling

   淋巴りんぱ肉にく  ―  línbā ròu  ―  culinary flesh that has lymph node

Synonyms

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

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

Derived terms

• 淋巴液りんぱえき (línbāyè)
• 淋巴りんぱ球だま (línbāqiú)
• 淋巴りんぱ瘤こぶ (línbāliú)
• 淋巴りんぱ癌がん (línbā'ái)
• 淋巴管りんぱかん (línbāguǎn)
• 淋巴りんぱ系統けいとう／淋巴りんぱ系けい统 (línbā xìtǒng)
• 淋巴りんぱ細胞さいぼう／淋巴りんぱ细胞 (línbā xìbāo)
• 淋巴りんぱ結ゆい／淋巴りんぱ结 (línbājié)
• 淋巴腺りんぱせん (línbāxiàn)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
淋	巴ともえ
りん Jinmeiyō	は > ぱ Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Etymology

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

This kanji spelling is an example of phonetic ateji (当あて字じ).

Noun

淋巴りんぱ(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.