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

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
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /lim²⁴⁻¹¹ pa⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /lim²⁴⁻²² pa³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /lim¹³⁻²² pa⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /lim²³⁻³³ pa⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /lim²⁴⁻²² pa⁴⁴/

Noun

淋巴

(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
(everyday speech) synonym of 淋巴結 / 淋巴结 (línbājié, “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

(lymph):

Dialectal synonyms of 淋巴 (“lymph”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		淋巴, 淋巴液
Northeastern 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)
血淋巴 (xuèlìnbā)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
淋	巴
りん Jinmeiyō (ateji)	は > ぱ Jinmeiyō (ateji)
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 淋巴 – see the following entry.

【リンパ】

[noun] lymph

(This term, 淋巴, is an alternative spelling (historical, rare) of the above term.)

Usage notes

The kanji spelling is quite rare in modern Japanese. The katakana spelling リンパ is much more common.

References

“〈^▲淋^▲巴〉”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026