See also: bai ji, bàijì, bàijī, and Baiji

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Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaɪd͡ʒi/
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Etymology 1 edit

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 白鱀豚白𬶨豚 (báijìtún).

Noun edit

baiji (plural baijis or baiji)

  1. A freshwater dolphin (†Lipotes vexillifer), only found in the Yangtze River. Declared functionally extinct in 2006.
    • 2021 March 30, J. B. MacKinnon, “An Entire Group of Whales Has Somehow Escaped Human Attention”, in The Atlantic[1]:
      In 2006, he made a research trip to China to look for the baiji, also known as the Yangtze River dolphin. He and his colleagues searched the legendary river’s entire 1,700-kilometer main channel, twice. They counted nearly 20,000 large shipping vessels and more than a thousand fishing boats, but no river dolphins. At the end of their quest, they declared that the species was likely extinct, a conclusion now widely supported. For all the terrible harm that humans have done to cetaceans, drastically reducing their abundance and range, the baiji was the first of them that we ever completely extinguished. It happened in the 21st century.
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Etymology 2 edit

From Mandarin 白芨 (báijī).

Noun edit

baiji (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of bai ji

Finnish edit

Etymology edit

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 白鱀豚白𬶨豚 (báijìtún).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɑi̯ji/, [ˈbɑ̝i̯j(ː)i]
  • Rhymes: -ɑiji
  • Syllabification(key): bai‧ji

Noun edit

baiji

  1. (dated) Synonym of kiinanjokidelfiini.

Declension edit

Inflection of baiji (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative baiji baijit
genitive baijin baijien
partitive baijia baijeja
illative baijiin baijeihin
singular plural
nominative baiji baijit
accusative nom. baiji baijit
gen. baijin
genitive baijin baijien
partitive baijia baijeja
inessive baijissa baijeissa
elative baijista baijeista
illative baijiin baijeihin
adessive baijilla baijeilla
ablative baijilta baijeilta
allative baijille baijeille
essive baijina baijeina
translative baijiksi baijeiksi
abessive baijitta baijeitta
instructive baijein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of baiji (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative baijini baijini
accusative nom. baijini baijini
gen. baijini
genitive baijini baijieni
partitive baijiani baijejani
inessive baijissani baijeissani
elative baijistani baijeistani
illative baijiini baijeihini
adessive baijillani baijeillani
ablative baijiltani baijeiltani
allative baijilleni baijeilleni
essive baijinani baijeinani
translative baijikseni baijeikseni
abessive baijittani baijeittani
instructive
comitative baijeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative baijisi baijisi
accusative nom. baijisi baijisi
gen. baijisi
genitive baijisi baijiesi
partitive baijiasi baijejasi
inessive baijissasi baijeissasi
elative baijistasi baijeistasi
illative baijiisi baijeihisi
adessive baijillasi baijeillasi
ablative baijiltasi baijeiltasi
allative baijillesi baijeillesi
essive baijinasi baijeinasi
translative baijiksesi baijeiksesi
abessive baijittasi baijeittasi
instructive
comitative baijeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative baijimme baijimme
accusative nom. baijimme baijimme
gen. baijimme
genitive baijimme baijiemme
partitive baijiamme baijejamme
inessive baijissamme baijeissamme
elative baijistamme baijeistamme
illative baijiimme baijeihimme
adessive baijillamme baijeillamme
ablative baijiltamme baijeiltamme
allative baijillemme baijeillemme
essive baijinamme baijeinamme
translative baijiksemme baijeiksemme
abessive baijittamme baijeittamme
instructive
comitative baijeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative baijinne baijinne
accusative nom. baijinne baijinne
gen. baijinne
genitive baijinne baijienne
partitive baijianne baijejanne
inessive baijissanne baijeissanne
elative baijistanne baijeistanne
illative baijiinne baijeihinne
adessive baijillanne baijeillanne
ablative baijiltanne baijeiltanne
allative baijillenne baijeillenne
essive baijinanne baijeinanne
translative baijiksenne baijeiksenne
abessive baijittanne baijeittanne
instructive
comitative baijeinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative baijinsa baijinsa
accusative nom. baijinsa baijinsa
gen. baijinsa
genitive baijinsa baijiensa
partitive baijiaan
baijiansa
baijejaan
baijejansa
inessive baijissaan
baijissansa
baijeissaan
baijeissansa
elative baijistaan
baijistansa
baijeistaan
baijeistansa
illative baijiinsa baijeihinsa
adessive baijillaan
baijillansa
baijeillaan
baijeillansa
ablative baijiltaan
baijiltansa
baijeiltaan
baijeiltansa
allative baijilleen
baijillensa
baijeilleen
baijeillensa
essive baijinaan
baijinansa
baijeinaan
baijeinansa
translative baijikseen
baijiksensa
baijeikseen
baijeiksensa
abessive baijittaan
baijittansa
baijeittaan
baijeittansa
instructive
comitative baijeineen
baijeinensa

French edit

Etymology edit

From Mandarin 白鱀豚白𬶨豚 (báijìtún).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

baiji m (plural baijis)

  1. baiji, Chinese river dolphin (Lipotes vexillifer)
    Synonyms: dauphin de Chine, dauphin du Yangzi