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
Min Nan (POJ): pîn-hong

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: píngfēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄈㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyngfeng
  - IPA ^(key): /pʰiŋ³⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ping⁴ fung¹
  - Yale: pìhng fūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ping⁴ fung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ping⁴ fung¹
  - IPA ^(key): /pʰɪŋ²¹ fʊŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phìn-fûng
  - Hakka Romanization System: pinˇ fung´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: pin² fung¹
  - IPA: /pʰin¹¹ fuŋ²⁴/
Min Nan
- (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

folding screen (temporary partition)
放上屏風 / 放上屏风 ― fàng shàng píngfēng ― to put up a screen

Synonyms

(Min Nan) 扎屏, 徛屏

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
on’yomi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) びょーぶ [byòóbú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA^(key): [bʲo̞ːbɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

屏風 (hiragana びょうぶ, rōmaji byōbu, historical hiragana びやうぶ)

a folding screen

Derived terms

屏風岩 (びょうぶいわ) (byōbu iwa): a sheer cliff, a wall of rock
屏 (びょう)風 (ぶ)絵 (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

屏 (びょう)風 (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 (びょう)風 (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 (びょう)風 (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

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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[DJR-1] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN