白石

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	rock; stone; 10 pecks
simp. and trad. (白石)		白	石

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 白石 (Shiroishi).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Báishí

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄕˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ sek⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Báishí
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄕˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Báishíh
  - Wade–Giles: Pai²-shih²
  - Yale: Bái-shŕ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Bairshyr
  - Palladius: Байши (Bajši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: baak⁶ sek⁶
  - Yale: baahk sehk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ sek⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ ség⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² sɛːk̚²/

Proper noun

白石

(～市) Shiroishi (a city in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
白	石
しら Grade: 1	いし Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Proper noun

白(しら)石(いし) • (Shiraishi)

a surname

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
白	石
しろ Grade: 1	いし Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Proper noun

白(しろ)石(いし) • (Shiroishi)

Shiroishi (a city in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan)
a surname