古貝

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (古貝)		古	貝
simp. (古贝)		古	贝

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कर्पास (karpāsa).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǔbèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ ㄅㄟˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǔbèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄅㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǔbèi
    • Wade–Giles: ku³-pei⁴
    • Yale: gǔ-bèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guubey
    • Palladius: губэй (gubɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ peɪ̯⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: kuX pajH

Rime
Character	古	貝
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	模 (23)	泰 (25)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	公戸切	愽蓋切
Baxter	kuX	pajH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuoX/	/pɑiH/
Pan Wuyun	/kuoX/	/pɑiH/
Shao Rongfen	/koX/	/pɑiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɔX/	/pajH/
Li Rong	/koX/	/pɑiH/
Wang Li	/kuX/	/pɑiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kuoX/	/pɑiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gǔ	bèi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gu2	bui3

Noun

古貝

1. silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba)
2. Levant cotton (Gossypium herbaceum)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (古貝):

• → Korean: 고패(古貝) (gopae)