ばい

See also: はい

Japanese

Etymology 1

From ば (ba, topic particle, originally the rendaku (連(れん)濁(だく)) version of は (ha)) + い (i, emphatic particle, from よ (yo) or や (ya)). Compare Kansai わい (wai), formed through the same process.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ba̠i]

Particle

ばい • (bai)

(dialectal, Kyūshū) sentence-ending particle indicating assertion
重要(じゅうよう)ばい！
Jūyō bai!
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Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of ばい – see the following entries.

【貝】1	[noun] [from 1284] Babylonia japonica (Japanese babylon or Japanese ivory shell) Alternative spellings 蛽, 海蠃, 海螄, バイ

【倍】3	[noun] twice, double, two times [counter] times, -fold [counter] (typography) a multiple of 全角 (zenkaku, “fullwidth/-height”) or 1 em in Western typography [counter] (typography, newspapers) a unit in newspaper typesetting, equal to 88 mils, ⁸⁸⁄₁₀₀₀ in, 8 U (U) and ¹⁄₁₆ 段 (dan)

【梅】4

[noun] (usually in Chinese contexts) the Japanese plum or apricot, Prunus mume

[noun] (historical, colloquial) synonym of 天神 (tenjin): the second-highest ranked prostitute in Edo-period Kamigata, below the 大夫 (tayū)

[affix] plum

[affix] short for 梅雨 (baiu): East Asian rainy season

[affix] short for 梅毒 (baidoku): syphilis

[proper noun] a surname

(This term, ばい (bai), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as ばい, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ばい.

(The following entries do not have a page created for them yet: 枚, 唄, 霾, 馬医.)

Yaeyama

Etymology

From Proto-Ryukyuan *waya.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bai/

Pronoun

ばい (bai)

(Hateruma) first-person plural pronoun: we