玻璃

Chinese

phonetic
trad. (玻璃)
simp. #(玻璃)
2nd round simp. 玻玏
alternative forms 玻瓈玻璃

Etymology

From Prakrit words for crystal or quartz; cf. Prakrit 𑀨𑀸𑀮𑀺𑀅 (phālia) (Ji, 1998v4); from Sanskrit स्फटिक (sphaṭika). Cognate with Pali phalika (crystal), Thai ผลึก (pà-lʉ̀k, crystal), Lao ຜະລຶກ (pha lưk), ຜະລິກະ (pha li ka), Khmer ផលិក (phɑlək), etc. The meaning has been shifted to refer to glass (the material).

The definition of "gay person" is derived from BL.

Pronunciation


Note: bo1 lei4 - literary, rare.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (2) (37)
Final () (95) (11)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter pha lje
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/pʰuɑ/ /liᴇ/
Pan
Wuyun
/pʰuɑ/ /liɛ/
Shao
Rongfen
/pʰuɑ/ /ljɛ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/pʰwa/ /liə̆/
Li
Rong
/pʰuɑ/ /lie/
Wang
Li
/pʰuɑ/ /lǐe/
Bernard
Karlgren
/pʰuɑ/ /lie̯/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
po1 lei4

Noun

玻璃

  1. glass (Classifier: m;  m c)
    玻璃吹製玻璃吹制   bōli chuīzhì   glassblowing
    小心玻璃   Xiǎoxīn bōli.   Caution — glass door.
    緊急擊破玻璃紧急击破玻璃   Jǐnjí shí jīpò bōli.   Break glass in emergency.
  2. generic term for any film material with glass-like transparency, such as cellophane, nylon, plastic, etc. (Classifier: m;  m)
  3. (Wuhan, humorous) eyeglasses; spectacles
  4. (Sichuanese, humorous) plain boiled water
  5. (slang) gay person; male homosexual

Synonyms

  • (glass): 琉璃 (liúlí)
  • (eyeglasses):

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (玻璃):
  • Japanese: 玻璃(はり) (hari)
  • Korean: 파리(玻璃) (pari)

Others:

References

  • Duffus, William (1883), “glass”, in English-Chinese Vocabulary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Swatow, Swatow: English Presbyterian Mission Press, page 123

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Hyōgaiji

Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

    Noun

    ()() • (hari) 

    1. glass, crystal

    Synonyms

    Derived terms

    References

    1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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