白衣
Chinese
white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous |
gown; clothes; to dress gown; clothes; to dress; to wear | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (白衣) |
白 | 衣 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): baak6 ji1
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pha̍k-yî
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pe̍h-i / pe̍eh-i
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 8baq-i
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: báiyī
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄧ
- Tongyong Pinyin: báiyi
- Wade–Giles: pai2-i1
- Yale: bái-yī
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairi
- Palladius: байи (baji)
- Sinological IPA (key): /paɪ̯³⁵ i⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: baak6 ji1
- Yale: baahk yī
- Cantonese Pinyin: baak9 ji1
- Guangdong Romanization: bag6 yi1
- Sinological IPA (key): /paːk̚² jiː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pha̍k-yî
- Hakka Romanization System: pag iˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: pag6 yi1
- Sinological IPA: /pʰak̚⁵ i²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pha̍k-yî
- Hakka Romanization System: pag (r)iˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: pag6 yi1
- Sinological IPA: /pʰak̚⁵ (j)i²⁴/
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Southern Min
- Wu
Noun
白衣
- white clothes; white robe, dress or coat
- (historical) fameless person; commoner
- (historical) servant
- (Buddhism) layperson (a non-monastic Buddhist)
- 貪著利養故，與白衣說法，為世所恭敬，如六通羅漢。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: 妙法蓮華經
- Tān zhù lì yǎng gù, yǔ báiyī shuōfǎ, wèi shì suǒ gōngjìng, rú liùtōng luóhàn. [Pinyin]
- Greedy for profit and support, they speak the dharma for laypeople. They are respected by the world, just as arhats who possess the six powers.
贪著利养故，与白衣说法，为世所恭敬，如六通罗汉。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Synonyms
- (fameless person):
- 一般人 (yībānrén)
- 世人 (shìrén)
- 世間人 / 世间人 (Hokkien)
- 人士 (rénshì) (literary)
- 人民 (rénmín)
- 人群 (rénqún)
- 人萌 (rénméng) (literary)
- 俗人 (súrén)
- 俗子 (súzǐ) (literary)
- 𫣆人 (Hakka)
- 兆民 (zhàomín) (archaic)
- 公眾 / 公众 (gōngzhòng)
- 凡人 (fánrén)
- 凡夫 (fánfū) (literary)
- 匹夫 (pǐfū) (literary)
- 四眾人 / 四众人 (si3 zing3 nang5) (Teochew)
- 士人 (shìrén) (archaic)
- 大眾 / 大众 (dàzhòng)
- 子民 (zǐmín) (historical)
- 家人 (jiārén) (archaic)
- 布衣 (bùyī) (historical)
- 常人 (chángrén)
- 平人 (píngrén) (literary)
- 平常人 (píngchángrén)
- 平民 (píngmín)
- 庶人 (shùrén) (literary)
- 庶民 (shùmín) (literary)
- 斯人 (sīrén) (Classical Chinese)
- 普通人 (pǔtōngrén)
- 民人 (mínrén) (literary)
- 民眾 / 民众 (mínzhòng)
- 烝民 (zhēngmín) (literary)
- 烝黎 (zhēnglí) (Classical Chinese)
- 白衣人 (báiyīrén) (historical)
- 白身 (báishēn) (archaic)
- 白身人 (báishēnrén) (archaic)
- 百姓
- 眾人 / 众人 (zhòngrén) (literary)
- 萬姓 / 万姓 (wànxìng) (archaic)
- 群眾 / 群众 (qúnzhòng)
- 老百姓 (lǎobǎixìng)
- 良人 (liángrén) (literary)
- 草民 (cǎomín) (the worthless ordinary people)
- 草菅 (cǎojiān) (Classical Chinese, figurative)
- 草野 (cǎoyě) (literary, figurative)
- 萌 (literary)
- 野人 (yěrén) (archaic)
- 黎庶 (líshù) (literary)
- 黎民 (límín) (literary)
- 黎首 (líshǒu) (archaic)
- 黔首 (qiánshǒu) (archaic)
- 黔黎 (archaic)
Adjective
白衣
- (figuratively, attributive) of the medical profession
Derived terms
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 白 | 衣 |
| はく Grade: 1 |
い Grade: 4 |
| on'yomi | |
Pronunciation
Noun
白衣 or 白衣 • (hakui or byakue)
- white coat
- お医者さんは白衣を着る。
- O-isha-san wa hakui o kiru.
- Doctors wear white coats.
- お医者さんは白衣を着る。
References
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN