美唄

Chinese

		beautiful; beauty; America	to chant
trad. (美唄)		美	唄
simp. (美呗)		美	呗

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 美唄 (Bibai).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Měibèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ ㄅㄟˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Měibèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄅㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Měibèi
    • Wade–Giles: Mei³-pei⁴
    • Yale: Měi-bèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Meeibey
    • Palladius: Мэйбэй (Mɛjbɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ peɪ̯⁵¹/

Proper noun

美唄

1. (～市) Bibai (a city in Hokkaido prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
美	唄
び Grade: 3 (ateji)	ばい Grade: S (ateji)
kan'on	kan'yōon

Etymology

Ainu [Term?]

Proper noun

美(び)唄(ばい) • (Bibai) 

1. Bibai (a city in Sorachi, Hokkaido prefecture, Japan)