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

---

• 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

ㄟ

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, 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

simp. and trad.		ㄟ
alternative forms		个 兮 的 Taiwanese Hokkien 之 literary 亓 archaic

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

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ê

---

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ê
    • Tâi-lô: ê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ee
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /e²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /e²⁴/

Definitions

ㄟ

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien, colloquial) alternative form of 个 (possessive particle)

Usage notes

• The correct extended bopomofo symbol for the syllable is ㆤ (IPA: /e/).

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 的 (“possessive particle”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		之
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		的
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	的
	Taiwan	的
	Malaysia	的
	Singapore	的
Central Plains Mandarin	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	的
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	的
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	的
	Guilin	的
	Kokang	的
	Dagudi (Maliba)	的
	Reshuitang (Longling)	的
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	的
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	的
	Pematangsiantar	的
Cantonese	Guangzhou	嘅 †
	Hong Kong	嘅 †
	Macau	嘅 †
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	嘅
	Taishan	個, 嘅
	Beihai	個
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	個
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	嘅
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	個
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	嘅
	Penang (Guangfu)	嘅
	Singapore (Guangfu)	嘅
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	嘅
	Móng Cái	個
Gan	Nanchang	個
	Lichuan	個
Hakka	Meixian	個
	Wuhua (Meilin)	個
	Nanxiong (Zhuji)	個
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	個
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	個
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	個
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	個
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	個
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	個
	Kuching (Hepo)	嘅
Huizhou	Jixi	仂
Jin	Taiyuan	的
Jiuxing Yumin	Lanxi	個
Northern Min	Jian'ou	個
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	其
Southern Min	Xiamen	個
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	個
	Quanzhou	個
	Zhangzhou	個
	Zhao'an	個
	Dongshan	個
	Taipei	個
	Kaohsiung	個
	Tainan	個
	Penang (Hokkien)	個
	Singapore (Hokkien)	個
	Manila (Hokkien)	個
	Chaozhou	個 †
	Shantou	個 †
	Jieyang	個 †
	Haifeng	個
	Singapore (Teochew)	個 †
	Leizhou	個
	Wenchang	個
	Singapore (Hainanese)	個
Puxian Min	Xianyou	兮
Central Min	Yong'an	兮
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	個 †
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	嘅
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Liutang, Lingui)	嘅
Wu	Shanghai	個 †
	Suzhou	個 †
	Wuxi	個 †
	Hangzhou	的 †
	Ningbo	個 †
	Wenzhou	個 †
Xiang	Changsha	的
	Loudi	個
	Shaoyang	個
Note	† - may use corresponding classifier in certain contexts

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