白紙

白紙

1. blank sheet of paper (Classifier: 張／张 m c)
2. (figurative) one with no prior experience (in life, dating, expertise, etc.) (Classifier: 張／张 m)

   每個大學畢業生都是一張白紙。 [MSC, trad.]
   每个大学毕业生都是一张白纸。 [MSC, simp.]

   Měi ge dàxué bìyèshēng dōu shì yī zhāng báizhǐ. [Pinyin]

   Every university graduate has no work experience.

3. (archaic) money burnt for the dead
4. (Eastern Min) obituary

• (obituary):

Compound of 白(はく) (haku, “white”) + 紙(し) (shi, “paper”).

• (Tokyo) はくし [hàkúshí] (Heiban – [0])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ha̠kɯ̟ɕi]

• (Tokyo) しらかみ [shìráꜜkàmì] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1][2]
• (Tokyo) しらかみ [shìrákámí] (Heiban – [0])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ɕiɾa̠ka̠mʲi]

白(はく)紙(し) or 白(しら)紙(かみ) • (hakushi or shirakami) 

1. white paper
2. blank paper

   問(もん)題(だい)が一(いち)問(もん)も解(と)けなかったので、解(かい)答(とう)用(よう)紙(し)を白(はく)紙(し)で出(だ)した。

   Mondai ga ichimon mo tokenakatta node, kaitō yōshi o hakushi de dashita.

   I couldn't solve even one question, so I submitted my answer sheet blank.

3. (figuratively) undecided status
   • 2020 February 12, “走(はし)るSL展(てん)示(じ)計(けい)画(かく)が白(はく)紙(し)に　名(な)古(ご)屋(や)市(し)科(か)学(がく)館(かん)、議(ぎ)会(かい)が反(はん)発(ぱつ)”, in 朝(あさ)日(ひ)新(しん)聞(ぶん)‎^[1]:

     名(な)古(ご)屋(や)市(し)科(か)学(がく)館(かん)（中(なか)区(く)）が保(ほ)有(ゆう)する蒸(じょう)気(き)機(き)関(かん)車(しゃ)（S(エス)L(エル)）を敷(しき)地(ち)内(ない)で走(そう)行(こう)展(てん)示(じ)する計(けい)画(かく)について、市(し)教(きょう)育(いく)委(い)員(いん)会(かい)は白(はく)紙(し)に戻(もど)す方(ほう)針(しん)を明(あき)らかにした。

     Nagoya-shi Kagakukan (Naka-ku) ga hoyū suru jōki kikansha (esueru) o shikichinai de sōkō tenji suru keikaku ni tsuite, Shi Kyōiku Īnkai wa hakushi ni modosu hōshin o akiraka ni shita.

     With regards to the plan that the steam locomotive (SL) owned by Nagoya City Science Museum (located in Naka ward) is dynamically preserved in their site, the City Board of Education revealed the idea of cancelling it (returning it to a blank slate).

• 白(はく)紙(し)化(か) (hakushika): blanking (removal of content)

白紙 • (baekji) (hangeul 백지)

1. hanja form^? of 백지 (“white paper; blank sheet of paper; square one; blank slate, tabula rasa”)