ㄟ
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Translingual
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Letter
ㄟ
- type: diphthong rhyme
- general transliteration: ei
- keyboard key: O
Chinese
Glyph origin
Derived from 乁, an ancient form of 移 (yí) (Mandarin: yí, Middle Chinese: jiᴇ), "move".
Etymology 1
Derived from 移 (yí) (Mandarin: yí, Middle Chinese: jiᴇ), "move".
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: ēi
- Zhuyin: ㄟ
- Tongyong Pinyin: ei
- Wade–Giles: ei1
- Yale: ēi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ei
- Palladius: эй (ej)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ˀeɪ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Letter
ㄟ
- 27th letter of the Zhuyin alphabet
- 42nd letter of the extended Zhuyin alphabet
Phoneme
- (general) Sound IPA(key): /eɪ̯/ (Pinyin: ei), which is present in Standard Chinese and Cantonese.
- (when pronounced alone) Sound IPA(key): /ˀeɪ̯/ (Pinyin: ei)
- (Lower Yangtze Mandarin) Sound IPA(key): /əi/ (Pinyin: ei)
- (Sichuanese) Sound IPA(key): /e/ or (Pinyin: ei)
Etymology 2
Simplified from 誒 / 诶, typing only ㄟ instead of the full character pronunciation on Zhuyin keyboards.
Definitions
| For pronunciation and definitions of ㄟ – see 誒. (This character is an Internet slang variant form of 誒). |
Etymology 3
Simplified from 欸, typing only ㄟ instead of the full character pronunciation on Zhuyin keyboards.
Definitions
| For pronunciation and definitions of ㄟ – see 欸. (This character is an Internet slang variant form of 欸). |
Etymology 4
| simp. and trad. |
ㄟ | |
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| alternative forms | 个 兮 的 Taiwanese Hokkien 之 literary 亓 archaic | |
Simplified from 個 / 个 and 兮, typing only ㄟ instead of the full character pronunciation on Zhuyin keyboards.
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ê
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ê
- Tâi-lô: ê
- Phofsit Daibuun: ee
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /e²³/
- IPA (Taipei): /e²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
Definitions
ㄟ
- (Taiwanese Hokkien, colloquial) alternative form of 个 (possessive particle)
Usage notes
- The correct extended bopomofo symbol for the syllable is ㆤ (IPA: /e/).
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 的 (“possessive particle”) [map]
References
- 全國主要方言區方音對照表, Chinese Character Reform Commission, Beijing: ZhonghuaBook Company, 1954
- Unicode Bopomofo block description: https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U3100.pdf
Northern Qiandong Miao
Letter
- 36th letter of the Hmu Zhuyin alphabet.
Phoneme
- sound IPA(key): /ei/ (Hutton): ei
References
- Joakim Enwall, A Myth Become Reality Vol.1 (Stockholm, 1994) page 198