膃肭臍

See also: 腽肭脐

Chinese

		fur seal; blubber of the fur seal	navel
trad. (膃肭臍)		膃肭	臍
simp. (腽肭脐)		腽肭	脐

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wànàqí

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄚˋ ㄋㄚˋ ㄑㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wat¹ neot⁶ ci⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wànàqí
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄚˋ ㄋㄚˋ ㄑㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wànàcí
    • Wade–Giles: wa⁴-na⁴-chʻi²
    • Yale: wà-nà-chí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wahnahchyi
    • Palladius: ванаци (vanaci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wä⁵¹⁻⁵³ nä⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wat¹ neot⁶ ci⁴
    • Yale: wāt neuht chìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wat⁷ noet⁹ tsi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wed¹ nêd⁶ qi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐt̚⁵ nɵt̚² t͡sʰiː²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: 'wot nrjuwk dzej

Rime
Character	膃	肭	臍
Reading #	1/1	1/3	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	娘 (12)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	沒 (56)	屋 (4)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III	IV
Fanqie	烏没切	女六切	徂奚切
Baxter	'wot	nrjuwk	dzej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔuət̚/	/ɳɨuk̚/	/d͡zei/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔuot̚/	/ɳiuk̚/	/d͡zei/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔuət̚/	/niuk̚/	/d͡zɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔwət̚/	/ɳuwk̚/	/d͡zɛj/
Li Rong	/ʔuət̚/	/niuk̚/	/d͡zei/
Wang Li	/uət̚/	/nĭuk̚/	/d͡ziei/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔuət̚/	/ni̯uk̚/	/d͡zʱiei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wu	nù	qí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wat1	nuk6	cai4

Noun

膃肭臍

1. (traditional Chinese medicine) penis and testes of the fur seal

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (膃肭臍):

• → Japanese: 膃肭臍(おっとせい) (ottosei)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
膃	肭	臍
おつ > おっ Hyōgai	どつ > と Hyōgai	せい Hyōgai
irregular		kan'on

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 膃肭臍 (ʔuət̚ ɳɨuk̚ d͡zei), from Ainu オンネㇷ゚ (onnep) + 臍 (d͡zei).

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Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) おっとせー [òttóꜜsèè] (Nakadaka – [3])
• (Tokyo) おっとせー [òttóséé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [o̞t̚to̞se̞ː]

Noun

膃(おっ)肭(と)臍(せい) or 膃肭臍(オットセイ) • (ottosei) ^{←をつとつせい (wotutotusei)?}

1. a fur seal