白 bái

1. 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)
2. bái noun Kangxi radical 106
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
   Notes: (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7)
3. bái adjective plain
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CCD 1 '白' 1; FE '白' 2). For example, 白文 (plain text)
4. 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)
5. 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)
6. 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).
7. bái adjective a wrongly written character
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CCD 2 '白'; GHDC '白' 9)
8. bái adjective clear
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 白 has a similar meaning to 清楚 (GHDC '白' 6)
9. bái adjective true; sincere; genuine
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In this sense 白 has a similar meaning to 真诚.
10. bái adjective reactionary
    Domain: Politics 政治
    Notes: For example, 白军 (CCD 1 '白' 7)
11. bái noun a wine cup
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: For drinking illegal alcohol in historic times (GHDC '白' 10)
12. 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)
13. 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)
14. 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.
15. bái verb to report
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In this sense 白 has a similar meaning to 报告.
16. 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)
17. 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)
18. 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.
19. 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)
20. 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)
21. bái bound form to stare coldly; a scornful look
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As in 白眼 (CCD 1 '白' 9)
22. 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)
23. 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)
24. 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)
25. bái noun a symbol for silver
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (GHDC '白' 11)

Contained in

• 白尾鹞(白尾鷂) hen harrier (Circus cyaneus)
• 白鹤(白鶴) Siberian crane
• 白昼(白晝) daytime
• 白颊猕猴(白頰獼猴) white-cheeked macaque
• 白领阶级(白領階級) white-collar class
• 虚室生白(虛室生白) a undecorated room and simple life
• 白冠攀雀 white-crowned penduline tit (Remiz coronatus)
• 空口说白话(空口說白話) to make empty promises
• 非黑即白 black-or-white (e.g. good or bad, with no middle ground)
• 拉白布条(拉白布條) to hold up a white banner (i.e. to protest)
• 白菜豆 white kidney beans
• 打白条(打白條) to write an IOU or promissory note
• 斫白 to strip bark
• 白额圆尾鹱(白額圓尾鸌) bonin petrel (Pterodroma hypoleuca)
• 白痢 dysentery characterized by white mucous stool; white diarrhea
• 白顶溪鸲(白頂溪鴝) white-capped redstart (Chaimarrornis leucocephalus)
• 牙白 ivory colored; very white
• 白雪 snow
• 剖白 to explain oneself
• 虫白蜡(蟲白蠟) white wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)
• 大白鲨(大白鯊) great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias)
• 白线斑蚊(白線斑蚊) Aedes albopictus (species of mosquito)
• 白雪皑皑(白雪皚皚) brilliant white snow cover (especially of distant peaks)
• 白鹄(白鵠) a white swan
• 乳白色 milky white
• 白喉红臀鹎(白喉紅臀鵯) sooty-headed bulbul (Pycnonotus aurigaster)
• 白鹡鸰(白鶺鴒) white wagtail (Motacilla alba)
• 白纸黑字(白紙黑字) (written) in black and white
• 不分皂白 not distinguishing black or white; not to distinguish between right and wrong
• 白海 White Sea
• 白银书(白銀書) valuable book decorated with silver, gold and jewels etc, commonly regarded as a disguised form of bribe
• 白发被两鬢(白髮被兩鬢) white hair covers my temples
• 麦克白夫人(麥克白夫人) Lady Macbeth
• 表白 to explain oneself; to express
• 白点(白點) white point
• 白鬼 white ghost
• 白刃战(白刃戰) hand-to-hand fighting
• 白耳奇鹛(白耳奇鶥) white-eared sibia (Heterophasia auricularis)
• 煞白 deathly white

Also contained in

白渠 、 白城 、 白兰 、 川楚白莲教起义 、 白马雪山 、 白头山 、 白河 、 李太白 、 白城市 、 白水县 、 白塔区 、 长白

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• 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
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• 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: 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 — count: 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 — count: 7
• 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
• 白茎 (白莖) 白莖白秀 — Guanzi 管子, 地員第五十八 Chapter 58: Land Officials — count: 3