白
Meaning
bái bai2
- 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
Bái bai2
- surname Bai
Example sentences
- We have three dogs, one white and two black.
- I have two cats; a black one and a white one.
- The black telephone costs more than the white.
- My teeth aren't as white as I'd like them to be.
HSK words with 白
- 明白míngbaiclear
- 白天báitiāndaytime
- 白色báisèwhite
- 白菜báicàiChinese cabbage
- 白酒báijiǔbaijiu, a spirit usually distilled from sorghum
- 白领báilǐngwhite-collar
- 空白kòngbáiblank space
- 蛋白质dànbáizhìprotein
- 坦白tǎnbáihonest
- 苍白cāngbáipale
- 黑白hēibáiblack and white
- 白白báibáiin vain
- 表白biǎobáito explain oneself
- 对白duìbáidialogue (in a movie or a play)
- 开场白kāichǎngbáiprologue of play
- 说白了shuōbáileto speak frankly
- 惨白cǎnbáideathly pale