| 白 | 1208C35 91.41 | 部居  | 畫數 5 | ㄅㄞˊ [bai2] (sp. pr. ㄅㄞˊ [bai2] ; re. pr. *ㄅㄛˊ [bo2] ; in certain phrr. marked **ㄅㄞˊ [bai2] , or **ㄅㄛˊ [bo2] , alternate pr. also used.) | ||
| N. | (1) A surname. (2) The spoken parts of opera, such as dialogue: 說白，道白 also 白口（兒） [bai2kou1] ([er0])↓; 獨白 soliloquy. (3) 浮一大白 (*[bo2]) have a strong drink, to celebrate (大白 name of goblet). | |||||
| V.i. & t. | (1) (LL) to present (case), clear up, lay before or confess to superior: 表白心跡 bare one's heart, true intentions; 自白 to explain oneself, confess; 無以自白 no chance to explain; 含冤莫白 suffer unjust accusation, with no chance to clear one's name; 真相大白 the case is entirely cleared up. (2) Turn white: 白了少年頭 hair turns white on a young head, from deep sorrow. | |||||
| Adj. | (1) White in color: 白頭，白髮 white hair; 白頭偕老 (of married couple) reach old age together; 雪白 white as snow; 這丫頭生得白白淨淨的 this maid has a very fair complexion; 白茫茫 cloud-covered, mist-covered; 白晃晃，白晰晰，白皚皚，白森森 dazzlingly white; 白生生 (of complexion) pale; 白鄧鄧 white with anger; 白眼 cold stare, cold disdainful look, showing white of eye: 遭人白眼 receive such stare; 白眼看人 giving such look; 白駒過隙 phr., life is short like white pony's shadow across a crevice; 白面書生 white-faced scholar, inexperienced in life; 白眉赤眼兒 phr., bare-faced (lie); 白色恐怖 white terror; 白雲蒼狗 (allu.) the vicissitudes of fortune, events (like changing cloud formations); 白雲親舍 phr., remembrance of parents (home) “from sight of white clouds”; the color of mourning: 穿白 wear white of mourning; hence 白事 (**[bai2]) funeral, contrasted with 紅事 wedding; hence 紅白 wedding and funeral gifts; part of many compp., as 白糖 [bai2tang2], 白麵 [bai2mian4]↓. (2) Clear: 明白 clear, easy to understand; 不清不白，不明不白 not clear, also not open, slightly underhand (of conduct). (3) Clean, pure, whole, plain, unmixed, unblemished, unused: 潔白 fresh and clean (skin, laundry); 一面白鏡子 has a clear face, or innocent heart; 白開水 plain boiled water; 白飯 rice without things to go with it, also white, polished rice; 白文 text without commentary; 白煮 boiled in plain water; 繳白卷 hand in blank examination paper; 白手 empty-handed; 白手成家 built up fortune from scratch, a self-made man; 白璧微瑕 (**[bo2]) phr., slight flaw in a white jade, (fig.) blemish in man's good character. | |||||
| Adv. | (1) For no reason, in vain, without results, gain or compensation: 白等 wait in vain; 白忙 work in vain, waste efforts; 白費（脣舌，金錢，工夫） waste (words, money, efforts); 這話不是白說了麼 don't you think the words were completely wasted? 白死，白活 die, live in vain; 白念，白想 hope futilely; 白白的 without results; 白充數 just fill up the number without competency; 白效勞，白勞神 labor in vain; 白得了 got it free; 白走了一趟 made a trip to no purpose; 白做了一天工夫 work a whole day without results; 白送，白給 give away, give away foolishly; 白吃 eat without pay; 白地斷肝腸 (*[bo2]) vainly longing for loved one. (2) Simply, just: 叫了半天，白不答應 knocked at the door for a long time, but just got no reply; 他今天不知怎的，白不肯吃酒 he simply refused to drink today, I don't know why. | |||||
| Words | 1. 白鼻子 [bai2bi2zi0], n., a sly person. 2. 白鉛 [bai2qian1], n., zinc. 3. 白錢 [bai2qian2], n., (1) paper money for the dead; (2) (dial.) a pickpocket. 4. 白鏹 **[bai2qiang2], n., silver. 5. 白契 [bai2qi4], n., unregistered deed, contract, contrasted with 紅契. 6. 白癡 *[bo2chi1], n., idiot, mentally arrested person. 7. 白屈菜 [bai2qU1cai4], n., a medical herb, Chelidonium majus. 8. 白搭 [bai2da1], adv., in vain. 9. 白打 [bai2da3], n. & v.i., (AC) game of shuttlecocks; (a hand) fight without weapons. 10. 白帶 [bai2dai4], n., leucorrhoea. 11. 白癜風 [bai2dian4feng1], n., (med.) see 癜 61A.82. 12. 白丁 **[bai2ding1], n., illiterate person; (AC) common man, private. 13. 白丁香 [bai2ding1xiang1], n., (bot.) white lilac; sparrow drippings used for treating wounds. 14. 白豆 [bai2dou4], n., (bot.) white peas or beans. 15. 白  [bai2dun3], n., kaolin, white clay used for porcelain.16. 白堊 **[bai2e4]1, n., (min.) chalk; n., 白堊系 [bai2e4xi4], n., (geol.) cretaceous system. 17. 白萼 [bai2e4]2, n., (bot.)＝玉簪, the tuberose, also Hosta sieboldiana. 18. 白俄 [bai2e4]3, n., White Russian(s). 19. 白礬 [bai2fan2], n., alum. 20. 白附子 [bai2fu4zi3], n., (bot.) a medical herb. 21. 白乾（兒） [bai2gan1]([bai2ga1er0]), n., strong liquor made from 高粱 60.42 [gao1liang2]. 22. 白鴿 [bai2ge1], n., pigeon; 白鴿眼 look of disdain. 23. 白圭 **[bo2gui1], (AC) allu., need for caution in speech (can grind off flaw in jade, but not undo damage of words). 24. 白宮 [bai2gong1], n., the White House. 25. 白果（兒） [bai2guo3]([er0]), n., (1) gingko tree, its fruits; 白果松 the gingko pine; (2) euphem. for hen's egg (to avoid the word “egg”). 26. 白骨 **[bai2gu3], n., bones of the dead. 27. 白蒿 [bai2hao1], n., (bot.) white rush, Artemisia stelleriana. 28. 白喉 [bai2hou2], n., diphtheria. 29. 白花 [bai2hua0], n. & v.t., sweet words to console; [bai2hua1], spend (time, money) without results. 30. 白話 [bai2hua4], n., the vernacular: 白話文學 vernacular literature. 31. 白化病 [bai2hua4bing4], n., a plant disease, causing loss of colors in leaves. 32. 白灰 [bai2hui1], n., lime. 33. 白貨 [bai2huo4], n., (coll.) heroin. 34. 白虎 [bai2hu3], n., “White Tiger”: (a) an evil spirit; (b) name of a star; (c) the right side; (d) a woman without pubic hair. 35. 白齋 [bai2zhai1], n., vegetarian fast, excluding also salt, sauces. 36. 白  **[bo2jian3], n., (LL) letter of impeachment.37. 白殭蠶 [bai2jiang1can2], n., silkworm which died from a certain disease, used as medicine. 38. 白金 **[bai2jin1], n., platinum. 39. 白酒 [bai2jiu3], n., [bai2gan1]↑. 40. 白芨 **[bai2ji2], n., (bot.) mucilaginous root, used as medicine. 41. 白晝 **[bo2zhou4], n. & adv., (in) daytime. 42. 白紵 *[bo2zhu4], n., fine linen. 43. 白濁 [bai2zhuo2], n., gonorrhea. 44. 白朮 [bai2zhu2], n., see 朮 10.01. 45. 白芷 [bai2zhi3], n., (also wr. 白茞) (bot.) Angelica anomala, an aromatic herb. 46. 白口（兒） [bai2kou1]([er0]), n., dialogue spoken part in opera. 47. 白蠟 [bai2la4]1, n., white wax: 白蠟蟲 (zoo.) Flata limbata, insect which exudes material for making wax. 48. 白鑞 [bai2la4]2, n., solder. 49. 白蘭地 [bo2lan2di4], n., brandy. 50. 白蘞 **[bo2lian4], n., (bot.) Ampelopsis serjaniaefolia. 51. 白練 [bai2lian4], n., (LL) white silk; (fig.) waterfall. 52. 白蓮教 [bai2lian2jiao4], n., White Lotus Society, a secret sect. 53. 白痢 [bai2li4], n., (med.) dysentery, dysenteria alba. 54. 白領階級 [bai2ling3jie1ji2], phr., white-collar workers. 55. 白榴石 [bai2liu2shi2], n., (min.) a kind of marble. 56. 白蛉子 [bai2ling2zi0] ([bai3ling2zi0]), n., a kind of gnat. 57. 白露 **[bai2lu4]1, n., name of season in old calendar, about Sept. 8. 58. 白鷺 [bai2lu4]2, n., egret. 59. 白螞蟻 [bai2ma3yi4], n., white ant (also 白蟻 [bai2yi4]). 60. 白毛兒汗 [bai2maarer0han4], n., big sweat. 61. 白麻 **[bai2ma2], n., (1) hemp; (2) (AC) imperial edict. 62. 白茅 [bai2mao2], n., reed, Imperata arundinacea; 白茅千里 a stretch of monotony. 63. 白煤 [bai2mei2]1, n., anthracite. 64. 白黴 [bai2mei2]2, n., Mucor stolonifer, white mould on bread, etc. 65. 白麵 [bai2mian4], n., white wheat flour; 白麵兒 [bai2miaher0], heroin. 66. 白描 **[bo2miao2], v.i. & n., paint, sketch, chiefly contour lines without color. 67. 白蜜 [bai2mi4], n., white honey. 68. 白民 **[bo2min2], n., (AC) common people＝白丁. 69. 白墨 [bai2mo4]1, n., (dial.) chalk. 70. 白膜 **[bai2mo4]2, n., (biol.) sclerotic coat in the eye. 71. 白木耳 [bai2mu4er3], n., edible, gelatinous white tree fungus. 72. 白內障 [bai2nei4zhang4], n., (med.) cataract. 73. 白拈賊 [bai2nian1zei2], n., a shoplifter. 74. 白砒 [bai2pi1], n.,＝砒霜 arsenic. 75. 白皮書 [bai2pi2shu1], n., a white paper issued by government. 76. 白皮松 [bai2pi2song1], n., white pine. 77. 白熱 [bai2re4], adj., white heat: 白熱化 adv., extreme state of passion; adj., 白熱電燈 n., tungsten lamp. 78. 白刃 *[bo2ren4], n., naked knives, swords: 白刃戰 (mil.) hand-to-hand combat, bayonet charge. 79. 白人 [bai2ren2], n., white man. 80. 白日 **[bai2ri4], adv., in broad daylight: 白日見鬼 phr., (derog.) wild daydream, pure fantasy. 81. 白砂 [bai2sha1], n., silica or silex. 82. 白沙糖 [bai2sha1tang2], n., refined cane sugar. 83. 白墡 **[bai2shan4]1, n., see [bai2e4]1↑. 84. 白鱔 [bai2shan4]2, n., white eel. 85. 白芍 [bai2shao2], n., (bot.) root of peony (芍藥 20A.50) used as medicine. 86. 白  **[bai2xiang3], n., a kind of preserved fish (also 白首魚 Seiaena schlegeli).87. 白下 *[bo2xia4], n., (MC) anc. name of Nanking. 88. 白相 *[bo2xiang4], v.t., (Shanghai dial.) to loaf and seek pleasure: 白相人 (dial.) playboy. 89. 白鮮 [bai2xian1], n., (bot.) (also wr. 白羶，白羊鮮) Dictamnus albus, a medicinal herb. 90. 白鷴 (also 鷳) **[bai2xian2], n., (zoo.) a kind of pheasant, Phasianus nyothemerus. 91. 白蛸 [bai2xiao1], n., insect which blights rice plants. 92. 白晢 **[bai2xi4], (also 白晰), adj., (LL) pure white (complexion). 93. 白錫 [bai2xi2], n., pewter. 94. 白首 **[bai2shou3], adj., white-haired. 95. 白薯 [bai2shu3], n., potato. 96. 白四喜兒 [bai2shi1xie1er0], n., clown in opera, whose nose region is painted white. 97. 白癬 [bai2xUan1], n., (med.) ringworm. 98. 白血病 [bai2xUe4bing4], n., leukemia. 99. 白熊 [bai2xiong2], n., the white bear. 100. 白松 [bai2song1], n., white pine. 101. 白糖 [bai2tang2], n., refined sugar. 102. 白藤 [bai2teng2], n., rattan, cane plant. 103. 白天 [bai2tian1], n., daytime; adv., in daytime. 104. 白鰷 [bai2tiao2], n., a fish (also  魚 Zucco platypus).105. 白鐵 [bai2tie3], n., tin, tin plate. 106. 白頭翁 [bai2tou2weng1], n., (zoo.) the grey starling, Sturnus cineraceus. 107. 白菜 [bai2cai4], n., cabbage. 108. 白團扇 *[bo2tuan2shan3], n., white round silk fan. 109. 白兔 *[bo2tu4], n., the rabbit in the moon; the moon. 110. 白銅 [bai2tong2], n., white copper. 111. 白字 [bai2zi4], n., ＝別字 [bie2zi4], incorrect form of a character. 112. 白薇 [bai2wei2], n., (bot.) Cynanchum atratum. 113. 白文 [bai2wen2], n., text without commentary. 114. 白雁 [bo2yan4], n., the white goose. 115. 白楊 [bai2yang2], n., the white poplar, Populus balsamifera. 116. 白衣 *[bo2yi1], n., (AC) common people; 白衣天使 “white angel,” nurse in white; 白衣大士 the Goddess of Mercy (Kwanyin). 117. 白蟻 [bai2yi4], n., white ant. 118. 白銀 [bai2yin2], n., silver dollar or ingot. 119. 白芋 [bai2yU4], n., (bot.) small, white taro. 120. 白魚 **[bai2yU2]1, n., (1) the white fish; (2) an insect (also 衣魚 Lepisma saccharina) which eats into clothing, paper. 121. 白榆 **[bai2yU2]2, n., (bot.) the white elm. 122. 白雲母 [bai2yUn2mu3], n., (min.) muscovite, of the mica group. 123. 白雲石 [bai2yUn2shi2], n., dolomite, a kind of white marble. | |||||