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U+311F, ㄟ
BOPOMOFO LETTER EI

[U+311E]
Bopomofo
[U+3120]

Translingual

Stroke order
1 stroke

Letter

  • type: diphthong rhyme
  • general transliteration: ei
  • keyboard key: O

Chinese

Glyph origin

Derived from , an ancient form of () (Mandarin: , Middle Chinese: jiᴇ), "move".

Etymology 1

Derived from () (Mandarin: , Middle Chinese: jiᴇ), "move".

Pronunciation


Letter

  1. 27th letter of the Zhuyin alphabet
  2. 42nd letter of the extended Zhuyin alphabet

Phoneme

  1. (general) Sound IPA(key): /eɪ̯/ (Pinyin: ei), which is present in Standard Chinese and Cantonese.
  2. (when pronounced alone) Sound IPA(key): /ˀeɪ̯/ (Pinyin: ei)
  3. (Lower Yangtze Mandarin) Sound IPA(key): /əi/ (Pinyin: ei)
  4. (Sichuanese) Sound IPA(key): /e/ or (Pinyin: ei)

Etymology 2

Simplified from /, typing only ㄟ instead of the full character pronunciation on Zhuyin keyboards.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of – see .
(This character, , is an Internet slang variant form of .)

Etymology 3

Simplified from , typing only ㄟ instead of the full character pronunciation on Zhuyin keyboards.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“to scold loudly; etc.”).
(This character, , is an Internet slang variant form of .)

Etymology 4

Simplified from and (), typing only ㄟ instead of the full character pronunciation on Zhuyin keyboards.

Definitions

  1. (Hokkien) posessive particle
    (ge3) (Cantonese), (kaq) (Wu), (ê) (Hokkien)

References

Northern Qiandong Miao

Letter

  1. 36th letter of the Hmu Zhuyin alphabet.

Phoneme

  1. sound IPA(key): /ei/ (Hutton): ei

References

  • Joakim Enwall, A Myth Become Reality Vol.1 (Stockholm, 1994) page 198
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