北寄貝

北寄貝

Chinese

		north	lodge at; to mail; to send lodge at; to mail; to send; to entrust; to depend	cowries; shell; valuables cowries; shell; valuables; shellfish
trad. (北寄貝)		北	寄	貝
simp. (北寄贝)		北	寄	贝

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 北 (ホッ)寄 (キ)貝 (ガイ) (hokkigai).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): běijìbèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˇ ㄐㄧˋ ㄅㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bak¹ gei³ bui³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: běijìbèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˇ ㄐㄧˋ ㄅㄟˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beeijihbey
    • Tongyong Pinyin: běijìbèi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕi⁵¹⁻⁵³ peɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bak¹ gei³ bui³
    • Yale: bāk gei bui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bak⁷ gei³ bui³
    • Guangdong Romanization: beg¹ géi³ bui³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐk̚⁵ kei̯³³ puːy̯³³/

Noun

北寄貝

1. Spisula sachalinense (a kind of clam)

Synonyms

• 北極貝／北极贝 (běijíbèi)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
北	寄	貝
ほく > ほっ Grade: 2	き Grade: 5	かい Grade: 1
jūbakoyomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ホッキ​ガイ [hòkkíꜜgàì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ho̞k̚ʲkʲiɡa̠i]

Noun

北寄貝 (hiragana ほっきがい, katakana ホッキガイ, rōmaji hokkigai, historical hiragana ほくきがひ)

1. Synonym of 姥貝 (“Spisula sachalinense”)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN