姥貝

Chinese

		governess; old woman; (maternal) grandma	cowries; shell; valuables cowries; shell; valuables; shellfish
trad. (姥貝)		姥	貝
simp. (姥贝)		姥	贝

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǎobèi

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄅㄟˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǎobèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄅㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lǎobèi
  - Wade–Giles: lao³-pei⁴
  - Yale: lǎu-bèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laobey
  - Palladius: лаобэй (laobɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ peɪ̯⁵¹/

Noun

姥貝

Alternative name for 北寄貝／北寄贝 (běijìbèi).

Japanese

Kanji in this term
姥	貝
うば Jinmeiyō	かい > がい Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
雨波貝

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) うばがい [ùbáꜜgàì] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ba̠ɡa̠i]

Noun

姥(うば)貝(がい) or 姥貝(ウバガイ) • (ubagai) ^{←うばがひ (ubagafi)^?}

surf clam, Spisula sachalinense
Synonym: 北寄貝 (hokkigai)

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN