萊

See also: 莱

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TranslingualEdit

Han characterEdit

Wikipedia

萊 (radical 140 艸+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 廿木人人 (TDOO), four-corner 4490₈)

1. goosefoot, weed
2. fallow field
3. an ancient Dongyi tribe or state conquered by Qi

ReferencesEdit

• KangXi: page 1041, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31262
• Dae Jaweon: page 1499, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3230, character 8
• Unihan data for U+840A

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ChineseEdit

trad.		萊
simp.		莱

PronunciationEdit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lái (lai²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): loi⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): lâi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: lái
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄞˊ
    • Wade-Giles: lai²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lai
    • IPA ^(key): /laɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: loi⁴
    • Yale: lòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loi⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /lɔːi̯²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâi
    • Tâi-lô: lâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: laai
    • IPA (Taipei): /laɪ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /laɪ¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: /lʌi/, /lʌi^H/▼

Rime
Character	萊	萊
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	洛哀切	落代切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lʌi/	/lʌiH/
Pan Wuyun	/ləi/	/ləiH/
Shao Rongfen	/lɒi/	/lɒiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ləj/	/ləjH/
Li Rong	/lᴀi/	/lᴀiH/
Wang Li	/lɒi/	/lɒiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/lɑ̆i/	/lɑ̆iH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lái	lài

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*rɯː/, /*rɯːs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	萊	萊
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	7599	7616
Phonetic component	來	來
Rime group	之	之
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*rɯː/	/*rɯːs/

DefinitionsEdit

萊

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CompoundsEdit

• 萊姆／莱姆 (láimǔ)
• 萊國／莱国 (Láiguó)
• 蓬萊／蓬莱 (Pénglái)
• 莱布尼茨
• 莱顿
• 莱蒙托夫
• 莱斯庇基
• 莱斯沃斯
• 莱索托
• 莱茵河

ReferencesEdit

• “Query for 萊”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan], Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

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JapaneseEdit

KanjiEdit

萊

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 莱)

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ReadingsEdit

• On: らい (rai), り (ri)
• Kun: あかざ (akaza), あわち (awachi), こうがい (kougai)

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KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

萊 • ‎(rae>nae) (hangeul 래>내, revised rae>nae, McCune-Reischauer rae>nae, Yale lay>nay)

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VietnameseEdit

Han characterEdit

萊 (lai, lài)

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