Chinese Notes

白 bái

bái adjective white
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Color 颜色 , Concept: Color 颜色
Notes: White in color, in the sense of 白色 (CCD 1 '白' 1; FE '白' 1; GHDC '白' 1). For example, 白云 'white clouds.' (XHW 2016-02-04)
bái noun Kangxi radical 106
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals 部首
Notes: (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7)
bái adjective plain
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CCD 1 '白' 1; FE '白' 2). For example, 白文 (plain text).
bái verb to make clear / to state / to explain / to say / to address
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Language 语言
Notes: In this sense 白 has a similar meaning to 说明 (CCD 3 '白' 1; FE '白' 6)
bái adjective pure / clean / stainless
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In this sense 白 has a similar meaning to 纯洁 (FE '白' 1; GHDC '白' 4)
bái adjective bright
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Optics 光学
Notes: In this sense 白 has a similar meaning to 明亮 (CCD 1 '白' 2; FE '白' 1; GHDC '白' 5).
bái adjective a wrongly written character
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CCD 2 '白'; GHDC '白' 9)
bái adjective clear
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 白 has a similar meaning to 清楚 (GHDC '白' 6)
bái adjective true / sincere / genuine
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Morality 道德
Notes: In this sense 白 has a similar meaning to 真诚.
bái adjective reactionary
Domain: Politics 政治
Notes: For example, 白军 (CCD 1 '白' 7)
bái noun a wine cup
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: For drinking illegal alcohol in historic times (GHDC '白' 10)
bái noun a spoken part in an opera
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Drama 戏剧
Notes: (CCD 3 '白' 2; FE '白' 5)
bái noun a dialect
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Language 语言
Notes: In this sense 白 has a similar meaning to 方言 (CCD 3 '白' 3)
bái verb to understand
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Thought 思想
Notes: In this sense 白 has a similar meaning to 清楚 or 明白.
bái verb to report
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Language 语言
Notes: In this sense 白 has a similar meaning to 报告.
bái verb to accuse / to charge / to sue / to indict
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Law 法律
Notes: In this sense 白 has a similar meaning to 控告 (GHDC '白' 7)
bái adverb in vain / to no purpose / for nothing
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Condition 状况
Notes: In this sense 白 has a similar meaning to 平白 or 白白 (CCD 1 '白' 5; FE '白' 3)
bái adverb merely / simply / only
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words 虚词
Notes: In this sense 白 has a similar meaning to 单单 or 只是.
bái adjective empty / blank
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Condition 状况
Notes: In this sense 白 has a similar meaning to 一无所有 (CCD 1 '白' 4; FE '白' 2; GHDC '白' 8)
bái adjective free
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Spoken Language 口语
Notes: In this sense 白 has a similar meaning to 免费 (CCD 1 '白' 6; FE '白' 4)
bái bound form to stare coldly / a scornful look
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As in 白眼 (CCD 1 '白' 9)
bái noun relating to funerals
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As in 红白事 'weddings and funerals' (CCD 1 '白' 8; GHDC '白' 2)
bái proper noun Bai
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names 名字 , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (CCD 1 '白' 10; FE '白' 7)
bái noun vernacular / spoken language
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Language 语言
Notes: In this sense 白 has a similar meaning to 白话 (CCD 3 '白' 4)
bái noun a symbol for silver
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (GHDC '白' 11)

Contained in

银白色、白色、白领、少白头、清白、苍白、博白、白皮书、白搭、白佛、李白、白俄罗斯、白话、白菜、白酒、白露、白天、白杨、白发、白白、蛋白质、洁白、明白、黑白、空白、坦白、雪白、白帝、妙应寺白塔、白云观、白面儿、白马寺、白鹄、白宫、白热、白铁、白昼、大白、红白玫瑰战争、白朴、哥白尼、白居易、白银、白蛇传、白莲教、白金、布白、白文、白陶、白玉、羊脂白玉

Texts that the word is most frequently mentioned in

Collection	Document Title	Occurrences
Book of Wei 《魏書》	卷112下靈徵志八下 Volume 112b Treatise 8: The Spiritual World 2	349
Book of Song 《宋書》	卷二十九志第十九符瑞下 Volume 29 Treatises 19: Auspicious Signs 3	200
Book of Song 《宋書》	卷二十八志第十八符瑞中 Volume 28 Treatises 18: Auspicious Signs 2	113
History of Song 《宋史》	卷六十六志第十九五行四 Volume 66 Treatises 19: Five Elements 4	78
Book of Jin 《晉書》	卷十二志第二天文中 Volume 12 Treatises 2: Astronomy Part Two	65
Book of Sui 《隋書》	卷12　志第7　禮儀七 Volume 12 Treatises 7: Rites 7	63
New Book of Tang 《新唐書》	卷二十四　　　　志第十四　　　車服 Volume 24 Treatises 15: Carraiges and Attire	61
History of Song 《宋史》	卷六十四志第十七五行二下 Volume 64 Treatises 17: Five Elements 2b	61
History of Song 《宋史》	卷六十志第十三天文十三 Volume 60 Treatises 13: Astronomy 13	61
History of Yuan 《元史》	卷七十八　志第二十八: 　輿服一 Volume 78 Treatises 31: Carriages and Clothes 1	61

Collocations

Simplified	Traditional	Example	Example Reference	Frequency
白狄	白狄	郤缺獲白狄子	The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》僖公 Lord Xi	17
白公	白公	為白公	The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》哀公 Lord Ai	16
白华	白華	白華	The Book of Songs 《詩經》小雅‧鹿鳴之什‧白華 Minor odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Lu Ming - Bai Hua	8
白驹	白駒	白駒	The Book of Songs 《詩經》小雅‧鴻鴈之什‧白駒 Minor odes of the kingdom - Hong Yan Zhi Shen - He Ming	7
白羽	白羽	許遷于白羽	The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》昭公 Lord Zhao	7
白黑	白黑	則必以此人不知白黑之辯矣	Mozi 《墨子》卷五非攻上 Book 5 - Condemnation of Offensive War I	6
坚白	堅白	堅白	Mozi 《墨子》卷十經上 Book 10 - Canon I	6
白牡	白牡	白牡騂剛	The Book of Songs 《詩經》魯頌‧駉之什‧閟宮 Sacrificial odes of Zhou - Decade Of Jiong - Bi Gong	5
白圭	白圭	白圭之玷	The Book of Songs 《詩經》大雅‧蕩之什‧抑 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Dang - Yi	5
用白	用白	周公用白牡	Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋公羊傳》文公 Lord Wen	4