白白
Chinese
white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous |
white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous | ||
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| simp. and trad. (白白) |
白 | 白 | |
Pronunciation 1
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): baak6 baak6
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pha̍k-pha̍k
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pe̍h-pe̍h / pe̍eh-pe̍eh
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: báibái
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄅㄞˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: báibái
- Wade–Giles: pai2-pai2
- Yale: bái-bái
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairbair
- Palladius: байбай (bajbaj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /paɪ̯³⁵ paɪ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: baak6 baak6
- Yale: baahk baahk
- Cantonese Pinyin: baak9 baak9
- Guangdong Romanization: bag6 bag6
- Sinological IPA (key): /paːk̚² paːk̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pha̍k-pha̍k
- Hakka Romanization System: pag pag
- Hagfa Pinyim: pag6 pag6
- Sinological IPA: /pʰak̚⁵ pʰak̚⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-pe̍h
- Tâi-lô: pe̍h-pe̍h
- Phofsit Daibuun: peqpeh
- IPA (Taipei): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ peʔ⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² peʔ²⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen, Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ peʔ⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍eh-pe̍eh
- Tâi-lô: pe̍eh-pe̍eh
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɛ(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ pɛʔ¹²¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Quanzhou)
Note:
- “without compensation” - Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou;
- “in vain; groundless; helplessly; very white” - Taiwan.
Adverb
白白
- in vain; to no purpose; for nothing; unsuccessfully
- without compensation; without payment
- (Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka) without any cause or reason; groundless
- (Taiwanese Hokkien) helplessly; having no way out
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Adjective
白白
Pronunciation 2
- Mandarin
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): be2 be2-1
- Mandarin
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: be2 be2-1
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: bebe
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɛ²¹ pɛ²¹⁻⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
Noun
白白
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 蛋白 (“(chicken) egg white”) [map]