唄

See also: 呗

唄	U+5504, 唄 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5504

← 唃
[U+5503]

CJK Unified Ideographs

唅 →
[U+5505]

Translingual

Han character

唄 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 口月山金 (RBUC) or 難口月山金 (XRBUC), four-corner 6608₀, composition ⿰口貝)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 191, character 29
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3694
Dae Jaweon: page 411, character 5
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 628, character 5
Unihan data for U+5504

Chinese

trad.		唄
simp.		呗

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bei (bei⁵／bei⁰)

(Zhuyin): ˙ㄅㄟ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bui⁶ / baa⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bei
  - Zhuyin: ˙ㄅㄟ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: be̊i
  - Wade–Giles: pei⁵
  - Yale: bei
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: .bei
  - Palladius: бэй (bɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /b̥eɪ̯/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: bui⁶ / baa⁶
  - Yale: buih / bah
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bui⁶ / baa⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: bui⁶ / ba⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːi̯²²/, /paː²²/

Definitions

唄

(colloquial) Particle indicating obviousness or grudging agreement.
甲：為啥你穿校服？
乙：去上課唄。 [MSC, trad.]
甲：为啥你穿校服？
乙：去上课呗。 [MSC, simp.]
Jiǎ: Wèishá nǐ chuān xiàofú?
Yǐ: Qù shàngkè bei. [Pinyin]
A: Why are you wearing school uniform?
B: Err, I'm off to school... (duh!)

Etymology 2

Likely from Sanskrit or via Middle Indo-Aryan. The Yiqiejing Yinyi lists the form 唄匿 (MC baejH nrik), likely related Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit भाणक (bhāṇaka, “chanter; speaker”), from Sanskrit भणति (bhaṇati) and cognate with Pali bhāṇaka (“reciter of the scriptures”); and also the more "orthodox" 婆師 (MC ba srij), likely from भाषते (bhāṣate, “to speak”), compare Gandhari 𐨧𐨮𐨡𐨁 (bhaṣadi, “speaks; to speak”), Sanskrit भाषा (bhāṣā, “speech”). In the Pali parallels, the verb for chanting or reciting a verse (gāthā) is often the cognate bhāsati.

Some older works suggest derivation from Sanskrit पाठ (pāṭha) (e.g. Soothill & Hodous, 1937), but with semantic and phonological difficulties.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bài (bai⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baai⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bài
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bài
  - Wade–Giles: pai⁴
  - Yale: bài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bay
  - Palladius: бай (baj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: baai⁶
  - Yale: baaih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: bai⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːi̯²²/

Middle Chinese: baejH

Rime
Character	唄
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	夬 (29)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	薄邁切
Baxter	baejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bˠai^H/
Pan Wuyun	/bᵚai^H/
Shao Rongfen	/bai^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/baɨjs^H/
Li Rong	/bai^H/
Wang Li	/bæi^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱai^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bài
Expected Cantonese Reflex	baai⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*braːds/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	唄
Reading #	1/1
No.	423
Phonetic component	貝
Rime group	祭
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	敗
Old Chinese	/*braːds/
Notes	省譯pāthaka

Definitions

唄

^† (Buddhism) chanting; sound of chanting
^† (Buddhism) to chant

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

唄

(Jōyō kanji)

song (especially when played with a shamisen)

Readings

Go-on: べ (be)
Kan-on: はい (hai)
Kan’yō-on: ばい (bai)
Kun: うた (uta, 唄, Jōyō ^†)、うたう (utau, 唄う)^{←うたふ (utafu, 唄ふ, historical)}

Definitions

Kanji in this term
唄
うた Grade: S
kun'yomi

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

【歌うた】2

[noun] (music) a song

[noun] (poetry) poetry

Alternative spellings
詩, 謳

(This term, 唄, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

唄 • (pae) (hangeul 패, revised pae, McCune–Reischauer p'ae)

(Buddhism) The sound of reciting the Buddhist scriptures

Vietnamese

Han character

唄: Hán Nôm readings: bái

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