包衣

Chinese

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bāoyī

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠ ㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baau¹ ji¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bāoyī
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠ ㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: baoyi
    • Wade–Giles: pao¹-i¹
    • Yale: bāu-yī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baui
    • Palladius: баои (baoi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵⁵ i⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: baau¹ ji¹
    • Yale: bāau yī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baau¹ ji¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bao¹ yi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːu̯⁵⁵ jiː⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 包衣 胞衣

Etymology 1

		to cover; to wrap; to hold to cover; to wrap; to hold; to include; to take charge of; package; wrapper; container; bag; to hold or embrace; bundle; packet; to contract (to or for)	gown; clothes; to dress gown; clothes; to dress; to wear
simp. and trad. (包衣)		包	衣
anagram		衣包

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 包衣

1. (pharmacology) capsule (the stable shell enclosing medicines)

   包衣機／包衣机  ―  bāoyījī  ―  coating machine

2. husk (of corn)

Etymology 2

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (包衣)		包	衣
anagram		衣包

Short for 包衣阿哈, a transcription of Manchu ᠪᠣᠣᡳ
ᠠᡥᠠ (booi aha, “bond servant”, literally “household slave”). The first component, ᠪᠣᠣᡳ (booi), is the genitive of ᠪᠣᠣ (boo, “house”).

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 包衣

1. (historical) Booi Aha