梵婀玲

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (梵婀玲)		梵	婀	玲
simp. ^#(梵婀玲)		梵	婀	玲
alternative forms		梵阿玲

Etymology

Borrowed from English violin, via Shanghainese.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fàn'ēlíng, fán'ēlíng

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˋ ㄜㄌㄧㄥˊ, ㄈㄢˊ ㄜㄌㄧㄥˊ
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶ve-o-lin

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fàn'ēlíng
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˋ ㄜㄌㄧㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fàn-elíng
  - Wade–Giles: fan⁴-o¹-ling²
  - Yale: fàn-ē-líng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fanneling
  - Palladius: фаньэлин (fanʹelin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän⁵¹ ˀɤ⁵⁵ liŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, common variant)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fán'ēlíng
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˊ ㄜㄌㄧㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fán-elíng
  - Wade–Giles: fan²-o¹-ling²
  - Yale: fán-ē-líng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farneling
  - Palladius: фаньэлин (fanʹelin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän³⁵ ˀɤ⁵⁵ liŋ³⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶ve-o-lin
  - MiniDict: ve^去 o lin
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³ve-o-lin
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ve²² o⁵⁵ lin²¹/

Noun

梵婀玲

(obsolete) violin
- 塘中的月色並不均勻；但光與影有著和諧的旋律，如梵婀玲上奏著的名曲。 [MSC, trad.]
  塘中的月色并不均匀；但光与影有着和谐的旋律，如梵婀玲上奏着的名曲。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1927, Zhu Ziqing, 《荷塘月色》
  Táng zhōng de yuèsè bìng bù jūnyún; dàn guāng yǔ yǐng yǒu zhe héxié de xuánlǜ, rú fàn'ēlíng shàng zòu zhe de míngqū. [Pinyin]
  The moonlight is not spread evenly over the pond, but rather in a harmonious rhythm of light and shade, like a famous melody played on a violin.

Synonyms

小提琴 (xiǎotíqín)