baiji
/ˈbaɪd͡ʒi/noun
baiji is spelled B-A-I-J-I: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 106,501st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, baiji means “A freshwater dolphin (†Lipotes vexillifer), only found in the Yangtze River, and declared functionally extinct in 2006” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of baiji is baijis.
How many letters and syllables are in baiji?
| Letters | 5: B-A-I-J-I |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 13 million words; the 106,501st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is baiji?
Baiji appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 106,501st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce baiji?
- /ˈbaɪd͡ʒi/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-baiji.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of baiji
- baijis plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does baiji mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A freshwater dolphin (†Lipotes vexillifer), only found in the Yangtze River, and declared functionally extinct in 2006.
- 2
Alternative form of bai ji.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Baiji in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense freshwater dolphin:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | baiji, dauphin de Chine, dauphin du Yangzi |
| German | Baiji, Chinesische Flussdelfin |
| Portuguese | golfinho-lacustre-chinês |
| Spanish | baiji, delfín chino de río |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does baiji come from?
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 白鱀豚 /白𬶨豚 (báijìtún).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).