"by" meaning in Chinese

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Preposition

IPA: /paɪ̯⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /paɪ̯⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: bāi [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄅㄞ [Mandarin, bopomofo], bāi [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], bai [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], pai¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], bāi [Mandarin, Yale], bai [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], бай [Mandarin, Palladius], baj [Mandarin, Palladius]
Etymology: Semantic shift from English by. Etymology templates: {{bor|zh|en|by}} English by Head templates: {{head|zh|preposition}} by
  1. (Taiwan, informal) according to Tags: Taiwan, informal Synonyms: BY

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for by meaning in Chinese (2.0kB)

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        "2": "en",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Semantic shift from English by.",
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          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
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        },
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        }
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        {
          "ref": "by某現任立委本人所說 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "by某现任立委本人所说 [MSC, simp.]\nbāi mǒu xiànrèn lìwěi běnrén suǒ shuō [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "according to"
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          "according to",
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        "(Taiwan, informal) according to"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "BY"
        }
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        "Taiwan",
        "informal"
      ]
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        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bāi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄞ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bāi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bai"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pai¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bāi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bai"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "бай"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "baj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/paɪ̯⁵⁵/",
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        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/paɪ̯⁵⁵/"
    }
  ],
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}
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    }
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "by",
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    }
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        "Chinese terms written in foreign scripts",
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      ],
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        {
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        }
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    },
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        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄞ"
    },
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        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bāi"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bai"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bāi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bai"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "бай"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "baj"
    },
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        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/paɪ̯⁵⁵/"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "BY"
    }
  ],
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}
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  "called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
  "msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: '(Standard Chinese)⁺'",
  "path": [
    "by"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "by",
  "trace": ""
}

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