欸乃

Chinese

			to be; thus; so to be; thus; so; therefore; then; only; thereupon
simp. and trad. (欸乃)		欸	乃

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ǎinǎi, ǎo'ǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄞˇ ㄋㄞˇ, ㄠˇ ㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aai² naai⁵ / oi² naai⁵ / ai² naai⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ǎinǎi [Phonetic: áinǎi]
    • Zhuyin: ㄞˇ ㄋㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ǎinǎi
    • Wade–Giles: ai³-nai³
    • Yale: ǎi-nǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aenae
    • Palladius: айнай (ajnaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ naɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ǎo'ǎi [Phonetic: áoǎi]
    • Zhuyin: ㄠˇ ㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ǎo-ǎi
    • Wade–Giles: ao³-ai³
    • Yale: ǎu-ǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aoae
    • Palladius: аоай (aoaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ˀaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: aai² naai⁵ / oi² naai⁵ / ai² naai⁵
    • Yale: áai náaih / ói náaih / ái náaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aai² naai⁵ / oi² naai⁵ / ai² naai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ai² nai⁵ / oi² nai⁵ / ei² nai⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aːi̯³⁵ naːi̯¹³/, /ɔːi̯³⁵ naːi̯¹³/, /ɐi̯³⁵ naːi̯¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: 'ojX nojX

Rime
Character	欸	乃
Reading #	2/3	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	於改切	奴亥切
Baxter	'ojX	nojX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔʌiX/	/nʌiX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔəiX/	/nəiX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɒiX/	/nɒiX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔəjX/	/nəjX/
Li Rong	/ʔᴀiX/	/nᴀiX/
Wang Li	/ɒiX/	/nɒiX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔɑ̆iX/	/nɑ̆iX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ǎi	nǎi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	oi2	noi5

Noun

欸乃

1. (literary, onomatopoeia) the sound of an oar while sculling
2. (literary, onomatopoeia) the sound of a boatman singing while rowing a boat
3. (literary, onomatopoeia) the sound of melodious singing

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
欸	乃
ふなうた
Hyōgai	Jinmeiyō
jukujikun

For pronunciation and definitions of 欸乃 – see the following entry.

【ふなうた】 [noun] boating song Alternative spellings 船唄, 船歌, 舟唄, 舟歌

(This term, 欸乃, is an alternative spelling (literary, least common) of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
欸	乃
あい Hyōgai	だい Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Derived from Middle Chinese 欸乃 (MC 'ojX nojX).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a̠ida̠i]

Noun

欸(あい)乃(だい) • (aidai) ^{←あいだい (aidai)?}

1. (literary) boating song, or the sound of a boating song

   Synonym: ふなうた (funauta)

   • 1906, Torahiko Terada, Arashi‎^[1]:

     これは美(うつく)しいが、夜(よる)の欸乃(あいだい)は侘(わび)しい。

     Kore wa utsukushii ga, yoru no aidai wa wabishii.

     (please add an English translation of this example)