ㄟ

See also: 乀, 乁, へ, ヘ, 移, and 及

ㄟ U+311F, ㄟ BOPOMOFO LETTER EI ← ㄞ [U+311E] Bopomofo ㄠ → [U+3120]

Translingual

Stroke order

Letter

ㄟ

1. type: diphthong rhyme
2. general transliteration: ei
3. keyboard key: O

Chinese

Glyph origin

Derived from 乁, an ancient form of 移 (yí) (Mandarin: yí, Middle Chinese: jiᴇ), "move".

Etymology 1

Derived from 移 (yí) (Mandarin: yí, Middle Chinese: jiᴇ), "move".

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ēi (ei¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄟ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ei
    • Wade–Giles: ei¹
    • Yale: ēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ei
    • Palladius: эй (ej)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀeɪ̯⁵⁵/

Letter

1. 27th letter of the Zhuyin alphabet
2. 42nd letter of the extended Zhuyin alphabet

Phoneme

1. (general) Sound IPA^(key): /eɪ̯/ (Pinyin: ei), which is present in Standard Chinese and Cantonese.
2. (when pronounced alone) Sound IPA^(key): /ˀeɪ̯/ (Pinyin: ei)
3. (Lower Yangtze Mandarin) Sound IPA^(key): /əi/ (Pinyin: ei)
4. (Sichuanese) Sound IPA^(key): /e/ or (Pinyin: ei)

Etymology 2

Simplified from 誒／诶/诶, typing only ㄟ instead of the full character pronunciation on Zhuyin keyboards.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of ㄟ – see 誒. (This character is an Internet slang variant form of 誒).

Etymology 3

Simplified from 欸, typing only ㄟ instead of the full character pronunciation on Zhuyin keyboards.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of ㄟ – see 欸. (This character is an Internet slang variant form of 欸).

Etymology 4

Simplified from 個／个 and 兮, typing only ㄟ instead of the full character pronunciation on Zhuyin keyboards.

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ê

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ê
    • Tâi-lô: ê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ee
    • IPA (Xiamen): /e²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /e²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /e¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /e²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /e²³/

Definitions

1. (Hokkien) possessive particle

   → 嘅 (ge3) (Cantonese), 格 (kaq) (Wu), 的 (ê) (Hokkien)

Usage notes

The correct extended bopofomo symbol for the syllable is ㆤ.

References

• 全國主要方言區方音對照表, Chinese Character Reform Commission, Beijing: ZhonghuaBook Company, 1954
• Unicode Bopomofo block description: https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U3100.pdf

Northern Qiandong Miao

Letter

1. 36th letter of the Hmu Zhuyin alphabet.

Phoneme

1. sound IPA^(key): /ei/ (Hutton): ei

References

• Joakim Enwall, A Myth Become Reality Vol.1 (Stockholm, 1994) page 198