貽貝

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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

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/

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/	/pɑi^H/
Pan Wuyun	/jɨ/	/pɑi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ie/	/pɑi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jɨ/	/paj^H/
Li Rong	/iə/	/pɑi^H/
Wang Li	/jĭə/	/pɑi^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/i/	/pɑi^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yí	bèi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ji⁴	bui³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*lə pˤa-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 ›	‹ paj^H ›
Old Chinese	/*lə/	/*pˁa-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. * 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

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)^?}

mussel, specifically Korean mussel

Synonyms

Derived terms

ヨーロッパ貽貝(いがい) (yōroppaigai)

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