貝塔

Chinese

	phonetic
trad. (貝塔)	貝	塔
simp. (贝塔)	贝	塔
alternative forms	β beta Beta B Internet b Internet

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βῆτα (bêta).

(hole; vagina; anus): through transliteration to Greek script of Latin letter B (bī).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bèitǎ

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˋ ㄊㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bui³ taap³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bèitǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˋ ㄊㄚˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bèitǎ
  - Wade–Giles: pei⁴-tʻa³
  - Yale: bèi-tǎ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beytaa
  - Palladius: бэйта (bɛjta)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯⁵¹ tʰä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bui³ taap³
  - Yale: bui taap
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bui³ taap⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: bui³ tab³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːi̯³³ tʰaːp̚³/

Noun

貝塔

beta (the second letter of the modern Greek alphabet)
(fandom slang) In omegaverse fiction, a person of a secondary sex similar to normal humans, lacking the biological drives of alphas and omegas but generally capable of bonding and mating with either; beta
see: ABO, 阿爾法 / 阿尔法 (ā'ěrfǎ), and 歐米伽 / 欧米伽
- 2020 July, 公子柔, 晋江文学城‎^[1], archived from the original on 2024-12-26:
  
  脾气暴躁的卢卡斯上将这辈子最瞧不上那些哭唧唧的 Omega。找对象？这辈子都不可能。如果硬要说……还是身边那个温和老实，能武能文，能给自己泡咖啡搭配衣服的 Beta男秘比较顺眼。 [MSC, simp.]
  脾氣暴躁的盧卡斯上將這輩子最瞧不上那些哭唧唧的 Omega。找對象？這輩子都不可能。如果硬要說……還是身邊那個溫和老實，能武能文，能給自己泡咖啡搭配衣服的 Beta男秘比較順眼。 [MSC, trad.]
  Píqì bàozào de Lúkǎsī shàngjiàng zhè bèizǐ zuì qiáo bù shàng nàxiē kūjījī de Omega. Zhǎo duìxiàng? Zhè bèizǐ dōu bùkěnéng. Rúguǒ yìngyào shuō...... Háishì shēnbiān nàge wēnhé lǎoshí, néngwǔnéngwén, néng gěi zìjǐ pào kāfēi dāpèi yīfú de Beta nánmì bǐjiào shùnyǎn. [Pinyin]
  The hot-tempered General Lucas has always looked down on those whiny omegas. Looking for a partner? That’s impossible in this lifetime. If he had to choose... it would be the gentle and honest beta male secretary by his side, who is capable in both martial and literary skills and can make coffee and help him choose outfits.
(vulgar, Internet) Alternative form of 屄 (bī)

Derived terms

貝塔射線 / 贝塔射线 (bèitǎ shèxiàn)
貝塔粒子 / 贝塔粒子 (bèitǎ lìzǐ)