白
Meanings
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- 1.white
- 2.snowy
- 3.pure
- 4.bright
- 5.empty
- 6.blank
- 7.plain
- 8.clear
- 9.to make clear
- 10.in vain
- 11.gratuitous
- 12.free of charge
- 13.reactionary
- 14.anti-communist
- 15.funeral
- 16.to stare coldly
- 17.to write wrong character
- 18.to state
- 19.to explain
- 20.vernacular
- 21.spoken lines in opera
- 1.surname Bai
- 2.Bai ethnic group
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Wiktionary
- 1.white
- 2.clear; easy to understand
- 3.clear; pure; plain; blank
- 4.bright; well-lit
- 5.eminent; prominent
- 6.vernacular
- 7.dialect
- 8.reactionary; anticommunist
- 9.in vain; for nothing
- 10.free of charge; gratuitous; gratis
- 11.to stare coldly; to stare at someone with the white of the eyes
- 12.to explain; to present; to state
- 13.to mispronounce or wrongly write a character
- 14.spoken lines
- 15.funeral
- 16.bland and tasteless
- 17.cooked with just water without adding any seasoning
- 18.greasy; with a lot of fat or oil
- 19.jargon; cant
- 20.frank speech
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Etymology
Two theories: *pictogram (象形) of an acorn. Compare 櫟／栎 (lì). *A human head. Compare 皃 (貌 (mào)) and 黑 (hēi). Possibly part of a phonetic family contrasting stop initials (P/B) for exposure/brightness against nasal initials (M) for concealment/darkness; compare 黑 (OC *m̥ˤək) and 白 (OC *bˤrak). STEDT derives it from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *bawk (“white”), whence also Proto-Bodo-Garo *bok (“white”), Limbu ᤑ (phô, “white”); also compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *kɓɔɔk (“white, grey”). However, Schuessler (2007) finds it difficult to reconcile these forms with Middle Chinese due to the lack of medial r. Instead, he proposes a derivation from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *bar (“white”) with -k extension, thus cognate with 皤 (OC *baːl, “white”) (Wang, 1982), Mizo vâr (“(to be) white”), Proto-Karen *ʔ(b)wa (“white”).
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Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
Example sentences
湯姆有點蒼白
Tom is a bit pale.
你白費力氣了。
You're barking up the wrong tree.
桦树有白树皮。
Birch trees have white bark.
屋顶上有只白鸽。
A white dove is on the roof.
他嚇得臉色發白。
He turned pale with fright.
你看起來很蒼白。
You look pale.
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Synonyms
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Derived terms
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