邪馬臺

See also: 邪馬台

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (邪馬臺/邪馬台)		邪	馬	臺/台
simp. (邪马台)		邪	马	台
alternative forms		邪摩堆 夜麻登 耶麻騰／耶麻腾

Etymology

Schuessler (2014) reconstructs Eastern Han pronunciation *ja-ma^B-də̂.

Related to, or possibly borrowed from Old Japanese 大和 (Yamato₂) or Proto-Japonic *yamatə.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yémǎtái

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˊ ㄇㄚˇ ㄊㄞˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yémǎtái
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˊ ㄇㄚˇ ㄊㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yémǎtái
    • Wade–Giles: Yeh²-ma³-tʻai²
    • Yale: Yé-mǎ-tái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yemaatair
    • Palladius: Ематай (Jemataj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰaɪ̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: yae maeX doj

Rime
Character	邪	馬	臺
Reading #	1/2	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	明 (4)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	麻 (100)	麻 (98)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	II	I
Fanqie	以遮切	莫下切	徒哀切
Baxter	yae	maeX	doj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jia/	/mˠaX/	/dʌi/
Pan Wuyun	/jia/	/mᵚaX/	/dəi/
Shao Rongfen	/ia/	/maX/	/dɒi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jia/	/maɨX/	/dəj/
Li Rong	/ia/	/maX/	/dᴀi/
Wang Li	/jĭa/	/maX/	/dɒi/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯a/	/maX/	/dʱɑ̆i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yé	mǎ	tái
Expected Cantonese Reflex	je4	maa5	toi4

Proper noun

邪馬臺

1. Yamatai

   • 其大倭王居邪馬臺國。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     其大倭王居邪马台国。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of the Later Han, circa 5^th century CE

     Qí Dàwō wáng jū Yémǎtái guó. [Pinyin]

     The King of Great Wa resides in the country of Yamatai.

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of 邪馬臺 – see the following entry.

【邪馬台やまたい】 [proper noun] (historical) Short for 邪馬台国 (Yamatai-koku): Yamatai Alternative spelling やばたい

(This term, 邪馬臺, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)