白 bái
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bái
adjective
white
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Color , 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
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
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
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
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
Notes: (CCD 3 '白' 2; FE '白' 5) -
bái
noun
a dialect
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (CCD 1 '白' 10; FE '白' 7) -
bái
noun
vernacular; spoken language
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
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
- 白蛉热(白蛉熱) sandfly fever
- 白大衣高血压(白大衣高血壓) white coat hypertension; white coat syndrome
- 小白 novice; greenhorn; fool; idiot; Abbreviation for 小白臉|小白脸, pretty boy ; pretty boy
- 拉白布条(拉白布條) to hold up a white banner (i.e. to protest)
- 白铁(白鐵) galvanized iron
- 白肉 plain boiled pork
- 白鹡鸰(白鶺鴒) white wagtail (Motacilla alba)
- 白腹军舰鸟(白腹軍艦鳥) Christmas frigatebird (Fregata andrewsi)
- 青天白日 in broad daylight; in the middle of the day ; a white sun on a blue background
- 牙白 ivory colored; very white
- 白细胞(白細胞) white blood cell; leukocyte
- 白皑皑(白皚皚) pure sparkling white
- 白搭 no use; no good
- 靛白 indigo white
- 克尔白(克爾白) Ka'aba, sacred building in Mecca
- 白尾蓝仙鹟(白尾藍仙鶲) white-tailed flycatcher (Cyornis concretus)
- 乳白天空 whiteout
- 白吃 to eat without paying; to eat for free
- 微量白蛋白 microalbumin
- 白醋 white vinegar; plain vinegar
- 白圭之玷 a flaw in white jade
- 白手起家 to build up from nothing; to start from scratch
- 白俄 Belarus
- 真相大白 the whole truth is revealed; everything becomes clear
- 太白粉 cornstarch; potato starch
- 白带(白帶) leukorrhea
- 明白 to understand; to realize ; clear; obvious ; clear-headed; clever ; sober; aware
- 白眉山雀 white-browed tit (Poecile superciliosus)
- 增白剂(增白劑) whitener; whitening agent
- 白发相守(白髮相守) to protect each other until the hair turns white
- 白眼河燕 white-eyed river martin (Pseudochelidon sirintarae)
- 白班儿(白班兒) day shift
- 虫白蜡(蟲白蠟) white wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)
- 白萝卜(白蘿蔔) white radish; daikon; Raphanus sativus longipinnatus
- 白茅 cogon grass
- 白白 in vain; to no purpose; for nothing
- 发白(發白) to turn pale; to lose color; to go white
- 白话(白話) spoken language; vernacular
- 白面书生(白面書生) pale-faced scholar; young and inexperienced person without practical experience
- 苍白无力(蒼白無力) pale and feeble; powerless
- 白腹海雕(白腹海鵰) white-bellied sea eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster)
- 自白书(自白書) confession
- 白花蛇 long-nosed pit viper (agkistrodon acutus)
- 白酒 white spirit ; fine liquor ; white wine
Also contained in
白虎观 、 白鹭湾湿地公园 、 白碱滩区 、 白石砬子 、 白虎通 、 白居易 、 瞿秋白选集
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- 卷112下 靈徵志八下 Volume 112b Treatise 8: The Spiritual World 2 Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 328
- 卷二十九 志第十九 符瑞下 Volume 29 Treatises 19: Auspicious Signs 3 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 198
- 卷六十六 志第十九 五行四 Volume 66 Treatises 19: Five Elements 4 History of Song 宋史 — count: 77
- 卷二十八 志第十八 符瑞中 Volume 28 Treatises 18: Auspicious Signs 2 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 65
- 卷十二 志第二 天文中 Volume 12 Treatises 2: Astronomy Part Two Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 64
- 卷12 志第7 禮儀七 Volume 12 Treatises 7: Rites 7 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 63
- 卷七十八 志第二十八: 輿服一 Volume 78 Treatises 31: Carriages and Clothes 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 61
- 卷六十四 志第十七 五行二下 Volume 64 Treatises 17: Five Elements 2b History of Song 宋史 — count: 61
- 卷六十 志第十三 天文十三 Volume 60 Treatises 13: Astronomy 13 History of Song 宋史 — count: 61
- 卷二十四 志第十四 車服 Volume 24 Treatises 15: Carraiges and Attire New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 61
Collocations
- 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 — count: 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 — count: 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 — count: 8
- 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 — count: 7
- 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 — count: 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 — count: 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 — count: 5
- 皎皎白 (皎皎白) 皎皎白駒 — 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 — count: 4
- 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 — count: 4
- 白徒 (白徒) 白徒三十人奉車兩 — Guanzi 管子, 乘馬第五 Chapter 5: A Team of Horses — count: 3