# 唄

| 唄 | U+5504, &#21764; 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 6608$_0$, 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
### Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “related to 吧?”)

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bei (bei$^5$／bei$^0$)
    (Zhuyin): ˙ㄅㄟ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): bui$^6$ / baa$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bei
*** Zhuyin: ˙ㄅㄟ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: be̊i
*** Wade–Giles: pei$^5$
*** Yale: bei
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: .bei
*** Palladius: бэй (bɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /b̥eɪ̯/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bui$^6$ / baa$^6$
*** Yale: buih / bah
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bui$^6$ / baa$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bui$^6$ / ba$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /puːi̯²²/, /paː²²/

#### Definitions

唄
* (colloquial) Particle indicating obviousness or grudging agreement.
       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 (bai$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): baai$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bài
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bài
*** Wade–Giles: pai$^4$
*** Yale: bài
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bay
*** Palladius: бай (baj)
*** Sinological IPA : /paɪ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: baai$^6$
*** Yale: baaih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: baai$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bai$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /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 | baai$^6$ |
* 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
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, Buddhism) chanting; sound of chanting
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, Buddhism) to chant

#### Compounds

* 唄唱 / 呗唱
* 唄讚 / 呗赞
* 梵唄 / 梵呗 (fànbài)
* 讚唄 / 赞呗

## Japanese
### Kanji

(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)

### 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
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.