屏風

See also: 屏风

Chinese

		(standing) screen; get rid of; put aside (standing) screen; get rid of; put aside; reject; keep control; hold back	wind; news; style wind; news; style; custom; manner
trad. (屏風)		屏	風
simp. (屏风)		屏	风

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): píngfēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄈㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ping⁴ fung¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phìn-fûng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pîn-hong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: píngfēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄈㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: píngfong
    • Wade–Giles: pʻing²-fêng¹
    • Yale: píng-fēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyngfeng
    • Palladius: пинфэн (pinfɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiŋ³⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ping⁴ fung¹
    • Yale: pìhng fūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ping⁴ fung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ping⁴ fung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɪŋ²¹ fʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phìn-fûng
    • Hakka Romanization System: pinˇ fung´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pin² fung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰin¹¹ fuŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pîn-hong
    • Tâi-lô: pîn-hong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pinhofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pin²⁴⁻²² hɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pin²⁴⁻²² hɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pin¹³⁻²² hɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pin²⁴⁻¹¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pin²³⁻³³ hɔŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

屏風

1. folding screen (temporary partition) (Classifier: 扇)

   放上屏風／放上屏风  ―  fàng shàng píngfēng  ―  to put up a screen

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 紮屏／扎屏, 閘屏／闸屏, 徛屏

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (屏風):

• → Japanese: 屏風(びょうふ) (byōfu)
• → Korean: 병풍(屛風) (byeongpung)
• → Vietnamese: bình phong (屏風)

Japanese

屏風 (byōbu): a folding screen from the 17th century

Kanji in this term
屏	風
びょう Hyōgaiji	ふ > ぶ Grade: 2
goon

Alternative spelling
屛風 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 屏風／屏风 (beng pjuwng). Compare modern Mandarin 屏風／屏风 (píngfēng). First mention in Japanese recorded history was in reference to a gift in 686 from the Silla kingdom on the Korean peninsula.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) びょーぶ [byòóbú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [bʲo̞ːbɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

屏(びょう)風(ぶ) • (byōbu) ^{←びやうぶ (byaubu)?}

1. a folding screen

Usage notes

The byōbu is different from the 衝立障子 (tsuitate shōji, another kind of folding screen) in that the byōbu is made of solid panels typically covered in lacquer, gold leaf, or a painted scene, while the tsuitate shōji is made from panels of shōji (a screen covered in rice paper).

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 屏風岩(びょうぶいわ) (byōbu iwa): a sheer cliff, a wall of rock
• 屏風絵(びょうぶえ) (byōbu e): a painting on a folding screen
• 屏風押さえ, 屏風押え, 屏風押(びょうぶおさえ) (byōbu osae): a lead or ceramic weight used to prop up a folding screen and keep it from falling over
• 屏風返し, 屏風反(びょうぶがえ)し (byōbugaeshi): falling over flat, much as a falling screen will fall over
• 屏風草(びょうぶぐさ) (byōbugusa): alternate for 防風 (bōfū), Saposhnikovia seseloides or Saposhnikovia divaricata, of family Apiaceae, used in Chinese medicine (kanpō)
• 屏風倒(びょうぶだお)し (byōbudaoshi): knocking something over flat, much as a folding screen will fall over
• 屏風山(びょうぶやま) (byōbu yama): a mountain with a very straight ridgeline, much like the top of a folding screen

Idioms

Idioms

• 屏風(びょうぶ)と商人(あきんど)は直(すぐ)にては立(た)たぬ (byōbu to akindo wa sugu nite wa tatanu): "folding screens and business people don't get set up immediately" → setting up a folding screen or a business relationship takes time and preparation
• 屏風(びょうぶ)と商人(あきんど)は曲(ま)がらねば世(よ)に立(た)たず (byōbu to akindo wa magaraneba yo ni tatazu): "folding screens and business people won't stand in this world if they don't bend" → both folding screens and business people must be capable of bending (being flexible) if they are to stand up properly (be successful)
• 屏風(びょうぶ)を返(かえ)す (byōbu o kaesu): to knock something over flat, much as a folding screen will fall over
• 屏風畳(びょうぶたたみ)に炭油(すみあぶら) (byōbu tatami ni sumi abura): "folding screen / tatami mats, and charcoal / oil" → the various sundries needed for a household

Descendants

• Portuguese: biombo
  • Galician: biombo
  • Spanish: biombo

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
屏	風

Noun

屏風

1. chữ Hán form of bình phong (“screen; blind”).