北寄貝

Chinese

		north	lodge at; to mail; to send lodge at; to mail; to send; to entrust; to depend	cowries; shell; valuables cowries; shell; valuables; shellfish
trad. (北寄貝)		北	寄	貝
simp. (北寄贝)		北	寄	贝

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 北(ホッ)寄(キ)貝(ガイ) (hokkigai).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): běijìbèi

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˇ ㄐㄧˋ ㄅㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bak¹ gei³ bui³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: běijìbèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˇ ㄐㄧˋ ㄅㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: běijìbèi
  - Wade–Giles: pei³-chi⁴-pei⁴
  - Yale: běi-jì-bèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beeijihbey
  - Palladius: бэйцзибэй (bɛjczibɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi⁵¹⁻⁵³ peɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bak¹ gei³ bui³
  - Yale: bāk gei bui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bak⁷ gei³ bui³
  - Guangdong Romanization: beg¹ géi³ bui³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐk̚⁵ kei̯³³ puːi̯³³/

Noun

北寄貝

surf clam (Spisula sachalinense)

Synonyms

北極貝／北极贝 (běijíbèi)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
北	寄	貝
ほく > ほっ Grade: 2	き Grade: 5	かい > がい Grade: 1
on’yomi		kun’yomi

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ホッキガイ [hòkkíꜜgàì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
IPA^(key): [ho̞k̚ʲkʲiɡa̠i]

Noun

北(ほっ)寄(き)貝(がい) or 北寄貝(ホッキガイ) • (hokkigai) ^{←ほくきがひ (fokukigafi)^?}

Synonym of 姥貝 (“Spisula sachalinense”)

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.