吉貝

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (吉貝)		吉	貝
simp. (吉贝)		吉	贝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jíbèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ ㄅㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gat¹ bui³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jíbèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄅㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jíbèi
    • Wade–Giles: chi²-pei⁴
    • Yale: jí-bèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyibey
    • Palladius: цзибэй (czibɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ peɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gat¹ bui³
    • Yale: gāt bui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gat⁷ bui³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ged¹ bui³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐt̚⁵ puːi̯³³/

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• Middle Chinese: kjit pajH

Rime
Character	吉	貝
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	質 (48)	泰 (25)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	居質切	愽蓋切
Baxter	kjit	pajH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kiɪt̚/	/pɑiH/
Pan Wuyun	/kit̚/	/pɑiH/
Shao Rongfen	/kjet̚/	/pɑiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kit̚/	/pajH/
Li Rong	/kiĕt̚/	/pɑiH/
Wang Li	/kĭĕt̚/	/pɑiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ki̯ĕt̚/	/pɑiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ji	bèi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gat1	bui3

Noun

吉貝

1. Ceiba pentandra
2. Alternative form of 古貝／古贝 (gǔbèi, “Bombax ceiba or Gossypium herbaceum”)

Proper noun

吉貝

1. (～村) Jibei (a rural village in Baisha, Penghu County, Taiwan)