白 bái
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adjective
white
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Color , Concept: Color 颜色
Notes: White in color, in the sense of 白色 (CCD 1 '白' 1; FE '白' 1; GHDC '白' 1). For example, 白云 'white clouds.' (XHW 2016-02-04) -
noun
Kangxi radical 106
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
Notes: (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7) -
adjective
plain
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CCD 1 '白' 1; FE '白' 2). For example, 白文 (plain text) -
verb
to make clear; to state; to explain; to say; to address
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In this sense 白 has a similar meaning to 说明 (CCD 3 '白' 1; FE '白' 6) -
adjective
pure; clean; stainless
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In this sense 白 has a similar meaning to 纯洁 (FE '白' 1; GHDC '白' 4) -
adjective
bright
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Optics
Notes: In this sense 白 has a similar meaning to 明亮 (CCD 1 '白' 2; FE '白' 1; GHDC '白' 5). -
adjective
a wrongly written character
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CCD 2 '白'; GHDC '白' 9) -
adjective
clear
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 白 has a similar meaning to 清楚 (GHDC '白' 6) -
adjective
true; sincere; genuine
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In this sense 白 has a similar meaning to 真诚. -
adjective
reactionary
Domain: Politics 政治
Notes: For example, 白军 (CCD 1 '白' 7) -
noun
a wine cup
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: For drinking illegal alcohol in historic times (GHDC '白' 10) -
noun
a spoken part in an opera
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Drama
Notes: (CCD 3 '白' 2; FE '白' 5) -
noun
a dialect
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In this sense 白 has a similar meaning to 方言 (CCD 3 '白' 3) -
verb
to understand
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In this sense 白 has a similar meaning to 清楚 or 明白. -
verb
to report
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In this sense 白 has a similar meaning to 报告. -
verb
to accuse; to charge; to sue; to indict
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In this sense 白 has a similar meaning to 控告 (GHDC '白' 7) -
adverb
in vain; to no purpose; for nothing
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In this sense 白 has a similar meaning to 平白 or 白白 (CCD 1 '白' 5; FE '白' 3) -
adverb
merely; simply; only
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: In this sense 白 has a similar meaning to 单单 or 只是. -
adjective
empty; blank
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In this sense 白 has a similar meaning to 一无所有 (CCD 1 '白' 4; FE '白' 2; GHDC '白' 8) -
adjective
free
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Spoken Language
Notes: In this sense 白 has a similar meaning to 免费 (CCD 1 '白' 6; FE '白' 4) -
bound form
to stare coldly; a scornful look
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As in 白眼 (CCD 1 '白' 9) -
noun
relating to funerals
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As in 红白事 'weddings and funerals' (CCD 1 '白' 8; GHDC '白' 2) -
proper noun
Bai
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (CCD 1 '白' 10; FE '白' 7) -
noun
vernacular; spoken language
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In this sense 白 has a similar meaning to 白话 (CCD 3 '白' 4) -
noun
a symbol for silver
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (GHDC '白' 11) -
noun
clean; avadāta
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: avadāta, Tibetan: dkar po; for example, 白衣 avadātavasana 'white robed' (BCSD '白', p. 862; Mahāvyutpatti 'avadātam'; MW 'avadāta') -
noun
white; śukla; pāṇḍara
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: śukla, or: pāṇḍara, Japanese: haku, or: byaku; for example, 白衣 pāṇḍaravāsinī 'white robed,' a form of Avalokitesvara, see 白衣觀音 (BCSD '白', p. 862; FGDB '白衣觀音'; MW 'pāṇḍara'; Unihan '白')
Contained in
- 白衣拜相 a Buddhist prime minister
- 佛光山新春告白 Letters to Dharma Protectors and Friends
- 家居青天白日下 人在春风和气中(家居青天白日下 人在春風和氣中) Abide beneath the blue sky and shining sun; Live within the soothing breeze of spring and harmony.
- 明月当空春风过 青山不动白云飞(明月當空春風過 青山不動白雲飛) Across the bright moon up high sweeps the spring breeze; Above the sturdy mountains float the white clouds.
- 白伞佛顶(白傘佛頂) white canopy Buddha crown
- 戒力坚净志业纯白(戒力堅淨志業純白) resolute and pure in his keeping of the precepts and simple and plain in the exercise of his intentions
Also contained in
白蔹 、 白鹈鹕 、 定场白 、 皎白 、 白夜 、 恶叉白赖 、 白痢 、 白话诗 、 白冠燕尾 、 白桦 、 白镴 、 空口白话 、 银白色 、 白痴 、 白眉林鸲 、 白斑病 、 关白 、 傻白甜 、 白额鹱 、 白翅啄木鸟 、 白俄罗斯人 、 纯白 、 白腰滨鹬 、 蛋白胨 、 东方白鹳 、 煞白 、 牙白 、 白萝卜 、 白蚀症 、 弄明白 、 脂蛋白 、 白尾地鸦 、 乳白色 、 白跑一趟 、 白腹隼雕 、 白腹凤鹛 、 白额圆尾鹱 、 白城市 、 白喉冠鹎 、 白头鹰 、 白旄黄钺 、 白莲教之乱 、 白肉 、 大白 、 雪白
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 172
- Scroll 44 Dharmaguputakavinaya (Si Fen Lu) 四分律 — count: 134 , has English translation
- Scroll 1 Jiemo 羯磨 — count: 134
- Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Shan Fan Bu Que Xingshi Chao 四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 — count: 128
- Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 114
- Scroll 1 Tan Wu De Lu Bu Za Jiemo 曇無德律部雜羯磨 — count: 108
- Scroll 1 Dharmaguptabhikṣukarman (Seng Jiemo) 僧羯磨 — count: 105
- Scroll 1 Ni Jiemo 尼羯磨 — count: 104
- Scroll 20 Mahāsaṅghikavinaya (Mohesengzhi Lu) 摩訶僧祇律 — count: 100
- Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Shan Fan Bu Que Xingshi Chao 四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 — count: 98
Collocations
- 白世尊 (白世尊) 又白世尊 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 19
- 白阿难 (白阿難) 白阿難言 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 12
- 色白 (色白) 外觀色白 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 9 — count: 10
- 白叠 (白疊) 譬如淨潔白疊 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 9
- 婆罗门白 (婆羅門白) 婆羅門白迦葉言 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 7 — count: 8
- 白业 (白業) 云何白業 — The Story of the Two Brahmins Vāsiṣṭa and Bhāradvāja (Baiyi Jin Chuang Er Poluomen Yuanqi Jing) 白衣金幢二婆羅門緣起經, Scroll 1 — count: 8
- 寻白 (尋白) 尋白於世尊 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 4
- 造白 (造白) 有造白業者 — The Story of the Two Brahmins Vāsiṣṭa and Bhāradvāja (Baiyi Jin Chuang Er Poluomen Yuanqi Jing) 白衣金幢二婆羅門緣起經, Scroll 1 — count: 4
- 白梵行 (白梵行) 當修清淨正白梵行 — Sutra on the Great Reliable Brahman (Da Jiangu Poluomen Jing) 大堅固婆羅門緣起經, Scroll 2 — count: 4
- 正白 (正白) 當修清淨正白梵行 — Sutra on the Great Reliable Brahman (Da Jiangu Poluomen Jing) 大堅固婆羅門緣起經, Scroll 2 — count: 4