姥貝

姥貝

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎobèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄅㄟˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: lǎobèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄅㄟˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laobey
    • IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ peɪ̯⁵¹/

Noun

姥貝

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

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Japanese

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

Alternative forms

• 雨波貝

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) ウバ​ガイ [ùbáꜜgàì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝba̠ɡa̠i]

Noun

姥貝 (hiragana うばがい, katakana ウバガイ, rōmaji ubagai, historical hiragana うばがひ)

1. Spisula sachalinense

Synonyms

• 北 (ほっ)寄 (き)貝 (がい) (hokkigai)

References

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