白 (baak6 | bai2) : white; clear; pure

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白

baak6

bai2

[1] white; clear; pure; unblemished; bright; clean; plain [2] empty; blank [3] in vain; for nothing [4] free of charge; gratis [5] the spoken part in an opera, etc. [6] [v] state; explain [7] a Chinese family name

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Stroke count: 5

Level: 1

Radical: 白 (#106)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

白

Don't confuse with:
自目日曰

This word has been viewed 28847 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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白露 baak6 lou6 bai2 lu4 = Bailu or White Dew, 15th of the 24 solar terms 8th-22nd September

白首 baak6 sau2 bai2 shou3 = hoary head; white-haired; old age (literary)

白公 baak6 gung1 = great grandfather [粵] 粵

白天 baak6 tin1 bai2 tian1 = daytime 國

雪白 syut3 baak6 xue3 bai2 = snowy white

明白 ming4 baak6 ming2 bai5 = to understand; clear, obvious, evident

白酒 baak6 zau2 bai2 jiu3 = white wine

黑白 hak1 baak6 hei1 bai2 = black and white, right and wrong

白雪雪 baak6 syut3*1 syut3*1 = snow white 粵

不明白 bat1 ming4 baak6 bu4 ming2 bai2 = not clear; unknown; fail to understand 國
See all 318 compounds (CantoDict reports 329 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 10 of 14 examples containing 白

呢隻白酒好正㗎！? 粵
This brand of white wine is really good!

我有雪白的兔子國
I have a snowy white rabbit

我不明白國
I don't understand

我有兩件白色衫粵
I have two white shirts

你係咪真係完全明白啊？粵
Do you really understand everything?

有樣嘢我唔明白粵
There's something I don't understand.

我真係唔明白佢點解噉樣做呀。粵
I really don't understand why he acts/behaves like this.
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,131924,131924#msg-131924]

有男人有一匹白色馬
There was once a man with a white horse.

噴泉側邊有一隻好靚嘅白色狗仔粵
There's a beautiful white puppy beside the fountain.
[Lit. fountain side have one [counter] beautiful [possessive particle] white-colour dog-child]

唔好摸啲白鴿啦，佢哋非常之揦鮓粵
Don't touch the pigeons, they're very dirty.
[Lit. don't touch [plural counter] pigeons [particle], they extremely dirty Other synonyms for 揦鮓: 污糟 and 污糟邋遢 ]

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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