拋物線
Chinese
| to throw objects | line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (拋物線/拋物綫) | 拋物 | 線/綫 | |
| simp. (抛物线) | 抛物 | 线 | |
Etymology
Coined by Chinese mathematician Li Shanlan (李善蘭) and by British Protestant Christian missionary Alexander Wylie in 《代微積拾級》 (1859) based on a translation of Elias Loomis's Elements of Analytical Geometry and of the Differential and Integral Calculus (1851). Compound of 拋物 / 抛物 (pāowù, “to throw objects”, perhaps in reference to the etymology of English parabola) + 線 / 线 (xiàn, “line”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): paau1 mat6 sin3
- Eastern Min (BUC): pău-ŭk-siáng
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phau-bu̍t-sòaⁿ
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: pāowùxiàn
- Zhuyin: ㄆㄠ ㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: paowùsiàn
- Wade–Giles: pʻao1-wu4-hsien4
- Yale: pāu-wù-syàn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pauwuhshiann
- Palladius: пао’усянь (pao’usjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵ u⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: paau1 mat6 sin3
- Yale: pāau maht sin
- Cantonese Pinyin: paau1 mat9 sin3
- Guangdong Romanization: pao1 med6 xin3
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰaːu̯⁵⁵ mɐt̚² siːn³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Eastern Min
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phau-bu̍t-sòaⁿ
- Tâi-lô: phau-bu̍t-suànn
- Phofsit Daibuun: phau'budsvoax
- IPA (Xiamen): /pʰau⁴⁴⁻²² but̚⁴⁻³² suã²¹/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰau³³ but̚²⁴⁻² suã⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰau⁴⁴⁻²² but̚¹²¹⁻²¹ suã²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /pʰau⁴⁴⁻³³ but̚⁴⁻³² suã¹¹/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰau⁴⁴⁻³³ but̚⁴⁻³² suã²¹/
- (Hokkien)
Noun
拋物線
- (mathematics) parabola (Classifier: 條／条 m c)