白髮

See also: 白髪 and 白发

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	hair
trad. (白髮)		白	髮
simp. (白发)		白	发

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): báifà, báifǎ

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄈㄚˋ, ㄅㄞˊ ㄈㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ faat³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pe̍h-hoat
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸baq-faq

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: báifà
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄈㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: báifà
  - Wade–Giles: pai²-fa⁴
  - Yale: bái-fà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairfah
  - Palladius: байфа (bajfa)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ fä⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: báifǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄈㄚˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: báifǎ
  - Wade–Giles: pai²-fa³
  - Yale: bái-fǎ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairfaa
  - Palladius: байфа (bajfa)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: baak⁶ faat³
  - Yale: baahk faat
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ faat⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ fad³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² faːt̚³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-hoat
  - Tâi-lô: pe̍h-huat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: peqhoad
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ huat̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ huat̚³²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁸baq-faq
  - MiniDict: bah^入 fah
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵baq-faq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /baʔ¹¹ faʔ²³/

Middle Chinese: baek pjot

Rime
Character	白	髮
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	陌 (113)	月 (68)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	II	III
Fanqie	傍陌切	方伐切
Baxter	baek	pjot
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bˠæk̚/	/pʉɐt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/bᵚak̚/	/pʷiɐt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/bak̚/	/piuɐt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/baɨjk̚/	/puat̚/
Li Rong	/bɐk̚/	/piuɐt̚/
Wang Li	/bɐk̚/	/pĭwɐt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱɐk̚/	/pi̯wɐt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bó	fa
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bak⁶	faat³

Noun

白髮

white hair (Classifier: 根 m)
滿頭白髮／满头白发 ― mǎntóu báifà ― hoary-haired
(figurative, by synecdoche) elderly; senior

Coordinate terms

紅髮 / 红发 (hóngfà)
金髮 / 金发 (jīnfà)
銀髮 / 银发 (yínfà)
黑髮 / 黑发 (hēifà)

Derived terms

幾根白髮 / 几根白发
龐眉白髮 / 庞眉白发
潘安白髮 / 潘安白发
潘岳白髮 / 潘岳白发
白髮人送黑髮人 / 白发人送黑发人 (báifàrén sòng hēifàrén)
白髮如新 / 白发如新
白髮朱顏 / 白发朱颜
白髮相守 / 白发相守
白髮紅顏 / 白发红颜 (báifǎ hóngyán)
白髮蒼蒼 / 白发苍苍 (báifà cāngcāng)
白髮蒼顏 / 白发苍颜
白髮郎潛 / 白发郎潜
白髮銀鬚 / 白发银须
白髮青衫 / 白发青衫
白髮齊眉 / 白发齐眉
穀子白髮病 / 谷子白发病
郎潛白髮 / 郎潜白发

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (白髮):

→ Japanese: 白髪(はくはつ) (hakuhatsu)
→ Korean: 백발(白髮) (baekbal)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
白	髮
しら Grade: 1	が Jinmeiyō

Kanji in this term
白	髮
はく Grade: 1	はつ Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 白髮 – see the following entry.

【白髪しらが】	[noun] white hair, grey hair
【白髪はくはつ】	[noun] synonym of 白髪 (shiraga)

(This term, 白髮, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
白	髮

Noun

白髮 • (baekbal) (hangeul 백발)

hanja form^? of 백발 (“white hair”)