白雪

Chinese

	white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	snow
trad. (白雪)	白	雪
simp. ^#(白雪)	白	雪
anagram	雪白

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): báixuě

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄒㄩㄝˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ syut³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pe̍h-soat / pe̍h-seh

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: báixuě
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄒㄩㄝˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: báisyuě
  - Wade–Giles: pai²-hsüeh³
  - Yale: bái-sywě
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairsheue
  - Palladius: байсюэ (bajsjue)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: baak⁶ syut³
  - Yale: baahk syut
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ syt⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ xud³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² syːt̚³/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    白說 / 白说
    白雪
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-soat
  - Tâi-lô: pe̍h-suat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: peqsoad
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ suat̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ suat̚³²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-seh
  - Tâi-lô: pe̍h-seh
  - Phofsit Daibuun: peqseq
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ seʔ³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ seʔ³²/

Middle Chinese: baek sjwet

Rime
Character	白	雪
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	陌 (113)	薛 (82)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	II	III
Fanqie	傍陌切	相絕切
Baxter	baek	sjwet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bˠæk̚/	/siuᴇt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/bᵚak̚/	/sʷiɛt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/bak̚/	/sjuæt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/baɨjk̚/	/swiat̚/
Li Rong	/bɐk̚/	/siuɛt̚/
Wang Li	/bɐk̚/	/sĭuɛt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱɐk̚/	/si̯wɛt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bó	xue
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bak⁶	syut³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*bˤrak [s]ot/

(Zhengzhang): /*braːɡ sqʰʷed/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	白	雪
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bái	xuě
Middle Chinese	‹ bæk ›	‹ sjwet ›
Old Chinese	/*bˁrak/	/*[s]ot/
English	white	snow
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	白	雪
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	207	5477
Phonetic component	白	彗
Rime group	鐸	月
Rime subdivision	0	2
Corresponding MC rime	白	雪
Old Chinese	/*braːɡ/	/*sqʰʷed/

Noun

白雪

white snow

Derived terms

白雪公主 (Báixuě Gōngzhǔ)
白雪曲
白雪歌
白雪皚皚 / 白雪皑皑 (báixuě'ái'ái)
白雪遺音 / 白雪遗音
白雪陽春 / 白雪阳春
白雪黃芽 / 白雪黄芽
陽春白雪 / 阳春白雪 (yángchūnbáixuě)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
白	雪
しら Grade: 1	ゆき Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Compound of 白 (shira, “white”) +‎ 雪 (yuki, “snow”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しらゆき [shìráꜜyùkì] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɕiɾa̠jɯ̟kʲi]

Noun

白(しら)雪(ゆき) • (shirayuki)

(literal) white snow
- 905, Kokin Wakashū (book 6, poem 332; also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 31)
  朝(あさ)ぼらけ有明(ありあけ)の月(つき)と見(み)るまでに吉(よし)野(の)の里(さと)に降(ふ)れる白雪(しらゆき)
  asaborake ariake no tsuki to miru made ni Yoshino-no-sato ni fureru shirayuki
  As it dawns, I almost take for daybreak moon the white snow fallen in Yoshino Village.^[3]

Derived terms

白雪沢(しらゆきざわ) (Shirayukizawa)
白雪橋(しらゆきばし) (Shirayukibashi)
白雪(しらゆき)姫(ひめ) (Shirayuki-hime)

Proper noun

白(しら)雪(ゆき) • (Shirayuki)

Usage notes

The character name is generally always followed by a suffix, such as さん (san) or 姫 (hime, “princess”).

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
白	雪
はく Grade: 1	せつ Grade: 2
kan'on

From Middle Chinese 白雪 (MC baek sjwet, literally “white + snow”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) はくせつ [hàkúsétsú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ha̠kɯ̟̊se̞t͡sɨ]

Noun

白(はく)雪(せつ) • (hakusetsu)

(literal) white snow

Derived terms

白雪(はくせつ)糕(こう) (hakusetsu-kō), 白(はく)雪糕(せっこう) (hakusekkō)
陽春(ようしゅん)白雪(はくせつ) (Yōshun Hakusetsu)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 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
^ Princess Shikishi, Hiroaki Sato (1993) String of Beads: Complete Poems of Princess Shikishi‎^[1], illustrated edition, University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
白	雪

Noun

白雪 • (baekseol or McCune-Reischauer: paeksŏl or Yale: paykqsel) (hangeul 백설)

hanja form^? of 백설 (“white snow”)

Proper noun

白雪 • (Baekseol or McCune-Reischauer: Paeksŏl or Yale: Paykqsel) (hangeul 백설)

hanja form^? of 백설 (“Snow White”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
白	雪

Proper noun

白雪

chữ Hán form of Bạch Tuyết (“Snow White”)

[DJR-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] 2.0 ^2.1 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

[3] Princess Shikishi, Hiroaki Sato (1993) String of Beads: Complete Poems of Princess Shikishi‎^[1], illustrated edition, University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN

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