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
• 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

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

   淋巴水腫／淋巴水肿  ―  línbā shuǐzhǒng  ―  lymphedema

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

   淋巴器官  ―  línbā qìguān  ―  lymphoid organ

   淋巴組織／淋巴组织  ―  línbā zǔzhī  ―  lymphatic tissue

2. (everyday speech) lymph node

   淋巴腫了／淋巴肿了  ―  línbā zhǒng le  ―  The lymph nodes are swelling

   淋巴肉  ―  línbā ròu  ―  meat that has lymph node

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
Southern Min	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)
• 淋巴腺 (línbāxiàn)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
淋	巴
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 (当て字).

Noun

淋巴(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.