姥貝

Chinese

		governess; old woman; (maternal) grandma	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)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎobèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄅㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎobèi
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-pei⁴
    • Yale: lǎu-bèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laobey
    • Palladius: лаобэй (laobɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ peɪ̯⁵¹/

Noun

姥貝

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

Japanese

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

Alternative forms

• 雨波貝

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ウバガイ [ùbáꜜgàì] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ba̠ɡa̠i]

Noun

姥(うば)貝(がい) or 姥貝(ウバガイ) • (ubagai) ^{←うばがひ (ubagafi)?}

1. Spisula sachalinense

Synonyms

• 北(ほっ)寄(き)貝(がい) (hokkigai)