以太

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (以太)		以	太
simp. #(以太)		以	太
alternative forms		乙太

Etymology

Borrowed from English ether.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǐtài

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˇ ㄊㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁵ taai³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yî-thai
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Í-thài

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǐtài
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˇ ㄊㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǐtài
    • Wade–Giles: i³-tʻai⁴
    • Yale: yǐ-tài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiitay
    • Palladius: итай (itaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ji⁵ taai³
    • Yale: yíh taai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁵ taai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁵ tai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː¹³ tʰaːi̯³³/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 以太 擬態／拟态

• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yî-thai
    • Hakka Romanization System: i^ˊ tai
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yi¹ tai⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /i²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰai̯⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yî-thai
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)i^ˊ tai
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yi¹ tai⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰai̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Í-thài
    • Tâi-lô: Í-thài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: y'taix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰai²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /i⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰai²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰai¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /i⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰai²¹/

Noun

以太

1. (ancient philosophy, physics, historical) ether; luminiferous aether

Derived terms

• 以太坊 (yǐtàifáng)
• 以太網／以太网 (yǐtàiwǎng)