백지
Meanings
Noun
1. white paper, paper of white color
2. blank sheet of paper
3. square one (figuratively)
4. blank slate, tabula rasa (figuratively)
5. uncultivated land (dated)
6. unevidenced state (dated, figuratively)
7. only used in 백지(白地)로 (baekjiro, “(dialectal) in vain, to no avail, pointlessly”).
8. Angelica dahurica (a herb used in medicine), or the root thereof
Pronunciation
baekji
Examples1
Us going was pointless, wasn't it?