蝦夷

See also: 虾夷

Chinese

		shrimp; prawn	safe; to raze; to exterminate safe; to raze; to exterminate; barbarian
trad. (蝦夷)		蝦	夷
simp. (虾夷)		虾	夷
alternative forms		蝦蛦／虾蛦

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Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 蝦夷 (Emishi, Ezo).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāyí

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚ ㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haa¹ ji⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāyí
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚ ㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siayí
    • Wade–Giles: hsia¹-i²
    • Yale: syā-yí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiayi
    • Palladius: сяи (sjai)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ i³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haa¹ ji⁴
    • Yale: hā yìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haa¹ ji⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ha¹ yi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haː⁵⁵ jiː²¹/

Noun

蝦夷

1. Emishi (ancient ethnic group living in eastern Japan)

Derived terms

• 蝦夷共和國 / 虾夷共和国
• 蝦夷蔥 / 虾夷葱 (xiāyícōng)