Chinese
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(standing) screen; get rid of; put aside
(standing) screen; get rid of; put aside; reject; keep control; hold back
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wind; news; style
wind; news; style; custom; manner
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trad. (屏風)
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屏
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風
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simp. (屏风)
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屏
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风
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Noun
屏風
- folding screen (temporary partition)
- 放上屏風 / 放上屏风 ― fàng shàng píngfēng ― to put up a screen
Japanese
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 屏風 (beng pjuwng). Compare modern simplified Mandarin 屏风 (píngfēng). First mention in Japanese recorded history was in reference to a gift in 686 from the Silla kingdom on the Korean peninsula.
Pronunciation
Noun
屏風 (hiragana びょうぶ, romaji byōbu, historical hiragana びやうぶ)
- a folding screen
Derived terms
Derived terms
- 屏風岩 (byōbu iwa): a sheer cliff, a wall of rock
- 屏風絵 (byōbu e): a painting on a folding screen
- 屏風押さえ, 屏風押え, 屏風押 (byōbu osae): a lead or ceramic weight used to prop up a folding screen and keep it from falling over
- 屏風返し, 屏風反し (byōbugaeshi): falling over flat, much as a falling screen will fall over
- 屏風草 (byōbugusa): alternate for 防風 (bōfū), Saposhnikovia seseloides or Saposhnikovia divaricata, of family Apiaceae, used in Chinese medicine (kanpō)
- 屏風倒し (byōbudaoshi): knocking something over flat, much as a folding screen will fall over
- 屏風山 (byōbu yama): a mountain with a very straight ridgeline, much like the top of a folding screen
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Idioms
Idioms
- 屏風と商人は直にては立たぬ (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
- 屏風と商人は曲がらねば世に立たず (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)
- 屏風を返す (byōbu o kaesu): to knock something over flat, much as a folding screen will fall over
- 屏風畳に炭油 (byōbu tatami ni sumi abura): "folding screen / tatami mats, and charcoal / oil" → the various sundries needed for a household
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Descendants
References
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↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
