吉貝

Chinese edit

		phonetic
trad. (吉貝)		吉	貝
simp. (吉贝)		吉	贝

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吉貝

Etymology edit

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Particularly: “From 古貝? (Compare English woodchuck "groundhog" and wejack "fisher".) Or from Malay kapuk?”

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jíbèi

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ ㄅㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gat¹ bui³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jíbèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄅㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jíbèi
  - Wade–Giles: chi²-pei⁴
  - Yale: jí-bèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyibey
  - Palladius: цзибэй (czibɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ peɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gat¹ bui³
  - Yale: gāt bui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gat⁷ bui³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ged¹ bui³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐt̚⁵ puːi̯³³/

Middle Chinese: kjit pajH

Rime
Character	吉	貝
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	質 (48)	泰 (25)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	居質切	愽蓋切
Baxter	kjit	pajH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kiɪt̚/	/pɑi^H/
Pan Wuyun	/kit̚/	/pɑi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/kjet̚/	/pɑi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kit̚/	/paj^H/
Li Rong	/kiĕt̚/	/pɑi^H/
Wang Li	/kĭĕt̚/	/pɑi^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki̯ĕt̚/	/pɑi^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ji	bèi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gat¹	bui³

Noun edit

吉貝

Ceiba pentandra
Alternative form of 古貝／古贝 (gǔbèi, “Bombax ceiba or Gossypium herbaceum”)

Proper noun edit

吉貝

(～村) Jibei (a rural village in Baisha, Penghu County, Taiwan)

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