美白

Chinese

		beautiful; beauty; America	white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
trad. (美白)		美	白
simp. ^#(美白)		美	白

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): měibái

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ ㄅㄞˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ baak⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: měibái
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄅㄞˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: měibái
  - Wade–Giles: mei³-pai²
  - Yale: měi-bái
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meeibair
  - Palladius: мэйбай (mɛjbaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ paɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁵ baak⁶
  - Yale: méih baahk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ baak⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵ bag⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ paːk̚²/

Verb

美白

to whiten the skin

Antonyms

美黑 (měihēi)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
美	白
び Grade: 3	はく Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [bʲiha̠kɯ̟]

Noun

美(び)白(はく) • (bihaku)

beauty of one's skin lightness (in accordance with East Asian beauty standards)