太白

Chinese

		too (much); very; extremely too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest	white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
simp. and trad. (太白)		太	白

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Tàibái

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˋ ㄅㄞˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): taai³ baak⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thài-pe̍k

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Tàibái
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˋ ㄅㄞˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Tàibái
  - Wade–Giles: Tʻai⁴-pai²
  - Yale: Tài-bái
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Taybair
  - Palladius: Тайбай (Tajbaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ paɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: taai³ baak⁶
  - Yale: taai baahk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: taai³ baak⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: tai³ bag⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːi̯³³ paːk̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thài-pe̍k
  - Tâi-lô: thài-pi̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tae'pek
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ piɪk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ piɪk̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ piɪk̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰai¹¹⁻⁵³ piɪk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰai²¹⁻⁴¹ piɪk̚⁴/

Middle Chinese: thajH baek

Rime
Character	太	白
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	透 (6)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	泰 (25)	陌 (113)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	II
Fanqie	他蓋切	傍陌切
Baxter	thajH	baek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰɑi^H/	/bˠæk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰɑi^H/	/bᵚak̚/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰɑi^H/	/bak̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰaj^H/	/baɨjk̚/
Li Rong	/tʰɑi^H/	/bɐk̚/
Wang Li	/tʰɑi^H/	/bɐk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tʰɑi^H/	/bʱɐk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tài	bó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	taai³	bak⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*l̥ˤa[t]-s bˤrak/

(Zhengzhang): /*tʰaːds braːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	太	白
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	tài	bái
Middle Chinese	‹ thaj^H ›	‹ bæk ›
Old Chinese	/*l̥ˁa[t]-s/	/*bˁrak/
English	great	white
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	太	白
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	1937	207
Phonetic component	大	白
Rime group	祭	鐸
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	泰	白
Old Chinese	/*tʰaːds/	/*braːɡ/

Proper noun

太白

(historical astronomy) Venus (second planet in our solar system)
(historical) Alternative name for 李白 (“Li Bai”).
(～市) Taebaek (a city in South Korea)
(～縣) Taibai (a county of Baoji, Shaanxi, China)
(～區) Taihaku (a ward of Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan)
(～山) Mount Taibai

Synonyms

(Venus): 金星 (Jīnxīng)
(Venus): 太白星 (Tàibáixīng)

Derived terms

太白星 (Tàibáixīng)