bái bai

white; pure, unblemished; bright

HSK 2 #286

DEFINITIONS

白 bái
  • surname Bai
  • white
  • snowy
  • pure
  • bright
  • empty
  • blank
  • plain
  • clear
  • to make clear
  • in vain
  • gratuitous
  • free of charge
  • reactionary
  • anti-communist
  • funeral
  • to stare coldly
  • to write wrong character
  • to state
  • to explain
  • vernacular
  • spoken lines in opera

STROKES

白 stroke order diagram
白 stroke order animation

WORDS

尾鷂 bái wěi yào (bird species of China) hen harrier (Circus cyaneus)
尾鹲 bái wěi méng (bird species of China) white-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus)
尾鸏 bái wěi méng (bird species of China) white-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus)
居易 bái jū yì Bai Juyi (772-846), Tang dynasty poet
屈菜 bái qū cài greater celandine
山宗 bái shān zōng Sufi sect of Islam in central Asia
山市 bái shān shì Baishan prefecture-level city in Jilin province 吉林省 in northeast China
山派 bái shān pài Sufi sect of Islam in central Asia
崇禧 bái chóng xǐ Bai Chongxi (1893-1966), a leader of Guangxi warlord faction, top Nationalist general, played important role in Chiang Kaishek's campaigns 1926-1949
左 bái zuǒ naive, self-righteous Western liberals (neologism c. 2015)
帝城 bái dì chéng Baidi town in Chongqing 重慶|重庆, north of the Changjiang, an important tourist attraction
帶 bái dài leukorrhea
带鱼 bái dài yú largehead hairtail; beltfish; Trichiurus lepturus
帶魚 bái dài yú largehead hairtail; beltfish; Trichiurus lepturus
廳 bái tīng Whitehall
托 bái tuō day care for the elderly (abbr. of 白天托管[bai2 tian1 tuo1 guan3]); to be blinded by greed; swindler (homonym of 拜託|拜托[bai4 tuo1])
扯淡 bái chě dàn (coll.) to talk rubbish
扯蛋 bái chě dàn variant of 白扯淡[bai2 che3 dan4]
拣 bái jiǎn a cheap choice; to choose sth that costs nothing
揀 bái jiǎn a cheap choice; to choose sth that costs nothing
描 bái miáo line drawing in traditional ink and brush style; simple and straightforward style of writing
撞 bái zhuàng (car) accident where the driver is not held responsible
文 bái wén the text of an annotated book; an unannotated edition of a book; intagliated characters (on a seal)
斑尾柳莺 bái bān wěi liǔ yīng (bird species of China) Kloss's leaf warbler (Phylloscopus ogilviegranti)
斑尾柳鶯 bái bān wěi liǔ yīng (bird species of China) Kloss's leaf warbler (Phylloscopus ogilviegranti)