夜光杯

Chinese

			drinkware; cup; glass
simp. and trad. (夜光杯)		夜光	杯

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yèguāngbēi

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˋ ㄍㄨㄤ ㄅㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): je⁶ gwong¹ bui¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yèguāngbēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˋ ㄍㄨㄤ ㄅㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yèguangbei
    • Wade–Giles: yeh⁴-kuang¹-pei¹
    • Yale: yè-gwāng-bēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yehguangbei
    • Palladius: егуанбэй (jeguanbɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ⁵¹ ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ peɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: je⁶ gwong¹ bui¹
    • Yale: yeh gwōng būi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: je⁶ gwong¹ bui¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yé⁶ guong¹ bui¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛː²² kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵ puːi̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: yaeH kwang pwoj

Rime
Character	夜	光	杯
Reading #	1/1	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	見 (28)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	麻 (100)	唐 (102)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	I	I
Fanqie	羊謝切	古黃切	布回切
Baxter	yaeH	kwang	pwoj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiaH/	/kwɑŋ/	/puʌi/
Pan Wuyun	/jiaH/	/kʷɑŋ/	/puoi/
Shao Rongfen	/iaH/	/kuɑŋ/	/puɒi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jiaH/	/kwaŋ/	/pwəj/
Li Rong	/iaH/	/kuɑŋ/	/puᴀi/
Wang Li	/jĭaH/	/kuɑŋ/	/puɒi/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯aH/	/kwɑŋ/	/puɑ̆i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yè	guāng	bēi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	je6	gwong1	bui1

Noun

夜光杯

1. luminous jade alcohol goblet

   • 葡萄美酒夜光杯，欲飲琵琶馬上催。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     葡萄美酒夜光杯，欲饮琵琶马上催。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: Tang dynasty, 王翰 [Wang Han], 涼州詞 [A Song of Liangzhou]

     Pútáo měijiǔ yèguāngbēi, yù yǐn pípá mǎshàng cuī. [Pinyin]

     In the luminous goblets is fine grape wine; when they wanted to drink, the pipa urges them [to war] from the horsebacks.

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (夜光杯):

• → Japanese: 夜光杯(やこうはい) (yakōhai)
• → Korean: 야광배(夜光杯) (yagwangbae)
• → Vietnamese: dạ quang bôi (夜光杯)