baiji

See also: bai ji, bàijì, bàijī, and Baiji

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaɪd͡ʒi/

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Etymology 1

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 白鱀豚／白𬶨豚 (báijìtún).

Noun

baiji (plural baijis or baiji)

1. A freshwater dolphin (†Lipotes vexillifer), only found in the Yangtze River, and declared functionally extinct in 2006.
   • 2021 March 30, J. B. MacKinnon, “An Entire Group of Whales Has Somehow Escaped Human Attention”, in The Atlantic‎^[1]:

     In 2006, he made a research trip to China to look for the baiji, also known as the Yangtze River dolphin. He and his colleagues searched the legendary river’s entire 1,700-kilometer main channel, twice. They counted nearly 20,000 large shipping vessels and more than a thousand fishing boats, but no river dolphins. At the end of their quest, they declared that the species was likely extinct, a conclusion now widely supported. For all the terrible harm that humans have done to cetaceans, drastically reducing their abundance and range, the baiji was the first of them that we ever completely extinguished. It happened in the 21st century.

Synonyms

• Chinese river dolphin, Chinese white dolphin, whitefin dolphin, Yangtze dolphin, Yangtze River dolphin

Translations

freshwater dolphin

• Azerbaijani: çin çay delfini
• Breton: delfin sina m
• Catalan: dofí del Iang-tsé m, dofí de riu xinès m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 白鱀豚／白𬶨豚 (baak⁶ gei⁶ tyun⁴), 白鰭豚／白鳍豚 (baak⁶ kei⁴ tyun⁴)

  Mandarin: 白鱀豚／白𬶨豚 (zh) (báijìtún), 白鰭豚／白鳍豚 (báiqítún)

• Czech: delfínovec čínský m
• Danish: kinesisk floddelfin c
• Dutch: chinese vlagdolfijn
• Esperanto: blanknaĝila delfeno
• Finnish: kiinanjokidelfiinni
• French: baiji (fr) m, dauphin de Chine (fr) m, dauphin du Yangzi (fr) m
• German: Baiji m, Chinesische Flussdelfin m
• Hungarian: kínai delfin
• Irish: deilf na hIaing-tsí f
• Italian: lipote m
• Japanese: ヨウスコウカワイルカ (yōsukōkawairuka)
• Kazakh: байцзи (baiszi)
• Korean: 양쯔강돌고래 (yangjjeugangdolgorae)
• Lithuanian: kininis ežerinis delfinas
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kinesisk elvedelfin m

  Nynorsk: kinesisk elvedelfin m

• Polish: baji chiński m
• Portuguese: golfinho-lacustre-chinês m
• Romanian: delfinul chinezesc m
• Russian: байцзи́ m (bajczí)
• Scots: Cheenese river dowphin
• Slovene: jangceška pliskavka f, kitajski rečni delfin m
• Spanish: baiji m, delfín chino de río m
• Swedish: asiatisk floddelfin c
• Thai: โลมาแม่น้ำจีน (loh-maa mâe náam jeen)
• Turkish: çin nehir yunusu
• Ukrainian: дельфін озерний m (delʹfin ozernyj)

Etymology 2

From Mandarin 白芨 (báijī).

Noun

baiji (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of bai ji

Finnish

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 白鱀豚／白𬶨豚 (báijìtún).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑi̯ji/, [ˈbɑ̝i̯j(ː)i]
• Rhymes: -ɑiji
• Hyphenation^(key): bai‧ji

Noun

baiji

1. (dated) Synonym of kiinanjokidelfiini.

Declension

Inflection of baiji (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		baiji	baijit
genitive		baijin	baijien
partitive		baijia	baijeja
illative		baijiin	baijeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		baiji	baijit
accusative	nom.	baiji	baijit
	gen.	baijin
genitive		baijin	baijien
partitive		baijia	baijeja
inessive		baijissa	baijeissa
elative		baijista	baijeista
illative		baijiin	baijeihin
adessive		baijilla	baijeilla
ablative		baijilta	baijeilta
allative		baijille	baijeille
essive		baijina	baijeina
translative		baijiksi	baijeiksi
abessive		baijitta	baijeitta
instructive		—	baijein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of baiji (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative baijini baijini accusative nom. baijini baijini gen. baijini genitive baijini baijieni partitive baijiani baijejani inessive baijissani baijeissani elative baijistani baijeistani illative baijiini baijeihini adessive baijillani baijeillani ablative baijiltani baijeiltani allative baijilleni baijeilleni essive baijinani baijeinani translative baijikseni baijeikseni abessive baijittani baijeittani instructive — — comitative — baijeineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative baijisi baijisi accusative nom. baijisi baijisi gen. baijisi genitive baijisi baijiesi partitive baijiasi baijejasi inessive baijissasi baijeissasi elative baijistasi baijeistasi illative baijiisi baijeihisi adessive baijillasi baijeillasi ablative baijiltasi baijeiltasi allative baijillesi baijeillesi essive baijinasi baijeinasi translative baijiksesi baijeiksesi abessive baijittasi baijeittasi instructive — — comitative — baijeinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative baijimme baijimme accusative nom. baijimme baijimme gen. baijimme genitive baijimme baijiemme partitive baijiamme baijejamme inessive baijissamme baijeissamme elative baijistamme baijeistamme illative baijiimme baijeihimme adessive baijillamme baijeillamme ablative baijiltamme baijeiltamme allative baijillemme baijeillemme essive baijinamme baijeinamme translative baijiksemme baijeiksemme abessive baijittamme baijeittamme instructive — — comitative — baijeinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative baijinne baijinne accusative nom. baijinne baijinne gen. baijinne genitive baijinne baijienne partitive baijianne baijejanne inessive baijissanne baijeissanne elative baijistanne baijeistanne illative baijiinne baijeihinne adessive baijillanne baijeillanne ablative baijiltanne baijeiltanne allative baijillenne baijeillenne essive baijinanne baijeinanne translative baijiksenne baijeiksenne abessive baijittanne baijeittanne instructive — — comitative — baijeinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative baijinsa baijinsa accusative nom. baijinsa baijinsa gen. baijinsa genitive baijinsa baijiensa partitive baijiaan baijiansa baijejaan baijejansa inessive baijissaan baijissansa baijeissaan baijeissansa elative baijistaan baijistansa baijeistaan baijeistansa illative baijiinsa baijeihinsa adessive baijillaan baijillansa baijeillaan baijeillansa ablative baijiltaan baijiltansa baijeiltaan baijeiltansa allative baijilleen baijillensa baijeilleen baijeillensa essive baijinaan baijinansa baijeinaan baijeinansa translative baijikseen baijiksensa baijeikseen baijeiksensa abessive baijittaan baijittansa baijeittaan baijeittansa instructive — — comitative — baijeineen baijeinensa

French

Etymology

From Mandarin 白鱀豚／白𬶨豚 (báijìtún).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baj.ʒi/

Noun

baiji m (plural baijis)

1. baiji, Chinese river dolphin (Lipotes vexillifer)

   Synonyms: dauphin de Chine, dauphin du Yangzi