貽貝

See also: 贻贝

Chinese

		bequeath	cowries; shell; valuables cowries; shell; valuables; shellfish
trad. (貽貝)		貽	貝
simp. (贻贝)		贻	贝

Etymology

Attested in the Erya (爾雅 (Ěryǎ)), 3rd c. BCE.

玄貝，貽貝。／玄贝，贻贝。  ―  Xuánbèi, yíbèi.  ―  Black shell, mussel.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yíbèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˊ ㄅㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁴ bui³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): î-pòe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yíbèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˊ ㄅㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yíbèi
    • Wade–Giles: i²-pei⁴
    • Yale: yí-bèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yibey
    • Palladius: ибэй (ibɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i³⁵ peɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁴ bui³
    • Yale: yìh bui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁴ bui³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁴ bui³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²¹ puːi̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: î-pòe
    • Tâi-lô: î-puè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: i'poex
    • IPA (Xiamen): /i²⁴⁻²² pue²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: yi pajH

Rime
Character	貽	貝
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	之 (19)	泰 (25)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	與之切	愽蓋切
Baxter	yi	pajH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨ/	/pɑiH/
Pan Wuyun	/jɨ/	/pɑiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ie/	/pɑiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jɨ/	/pajH/
Li Rong	/iə/	/pɑiH/
Wang Li	/jĭə/	/pɑiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/i/	/pɑiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yí	bèi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ji4	bui3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*lə  pˤa[t]-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*lɯ  paːds/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	貽	貝
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yí	bèi
Middle Chinese	‹ yi ›	‹ pajH ›
Old Chinese	/*lə/	/*pˁa[t]-s/
English	to present, give	cowry shell
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	貽	貝
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	12293	415
Phonetic component	台	貝
Rime group	之	祭
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	飴	貝
Old Chinese	/*lɯ/	/*paːds/

Noun

貽貝

1. mussel

Synonyms

• 淡菜 (dàncài)
• 殼菜／壳菜 (qiàocài)
• 青口 (qīngkǒu)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
貽	貝
い Hyōgaiji	かい > がい Grade: 1
jūbakoyomi

Etymology

From Old Japanese; first attested in a mokkan excavated from the Former Naniwa Palace, 652 - 686, as man'yōgana form 伊加比 <igapi₁>, apparently a half-calque of Middle Chinese 貽貝 (jɨ pɑi^H) with 貝(かい) (kai, “shell”). Some theories that describe the former part 貽(い) (i) as 異(い) (i, “different”) or 否(いな) (ina, “no”) in a sense of "different or uncommon type of shells" seem folk etymology.

Noun

貽(い)貝(がい) or 貽貝(イガイ) • (igai) ^{←いがひ (igafi)?}

1. mussel, specifically Korean mussel

Synonyms

• 貽(い)の貝(かい) (i no kai)
• ムール貝(がい) (mūrugai)

Derived terms

• ヨーロッパ貽貝(いがい) (yōroppaigai)