唄

See also 呗

Translingual

Han character

唄 (radical 30 口+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 口月山金 (RBUC), X口月山金 (XRBUC), four-corner 6608₀)

1. final particle showing lack of enthusiasm

References

• KangXi: page 191, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3694
• Dae Jaweon: page 411, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 628, character 5
• Unihan data for U+5504
• MDBG Chinese-English Dictionary (CC-CEDICT)

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Cantonese

Hanzi

唄 (simplified 呗, jyutping baai6, bui6, Yale baaih, buih)

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Japanese

Kanji

唄 (“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. song
2. songs played with a shamisen

Readings

• Goon: べ (be)
• Kan’on: はい (hai)
• Kan’yōon: ばい (bai)
• Kun: うた (uta)

Compounds

• 小唄 (ballad)

Synonyms

• 歌

References

JIS: 3134 Kuten: 1720 Shift JIS: 8953 EUC-JP: B1B4 Frequency: 2051 Nelson: 924

New Nelson: 802 Halpern: 400 Halpern Learners: 297 Heisig: 2178 Tuttle Kanji Dictionary: 3d7.1

1. Source: EDICT and KANJIDIC files licensed by the Electronic Dictionaries Research Group.

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Korean

Hanja

唄 (hangeul 패, revised pae, McCune-Reischauer p'ae)

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Mandarin

simpl.		呗
trad.		唄

Hanzi

唄 (simplified 呗, pinyin bài (bai4), Wade-Giles pai⁴)

Particle

唄 (traditional, Pinyin bei, simplified 呗))

1. (colloquial) indicates obviousness or grudging agreement

   甲： 為啥你穿校服？

   乙： 去上課唄。

   A: Why are you wearing school uniform?

   B: Err, I'm off to school... (duh!)

2. chant

References

• 2004, Shan (ed.) Cao, Speaking Chinese: 500 Daily Expressions (实用汉语口语五百局), edition 5th (in English/Chinese), Beijing: New World Press (新世界出版社), ISBN 7-80005-385-7:

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Vietnamese

Han character

唄 (bái)