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
Min Nan (POJ): lîm-pa

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/
Min Nan
- (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

(physiology) lymph [from 20th c.]
淋巴水腫／淋巴水肿 ― lìnbā shuǐzhǒng ― lymphedema

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

Synonyms

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

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

Derived terms

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

淋巴腺
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)

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)

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

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

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