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Keyword
white
  • clear
  • pure
  • unblemished
  • bright
Frequency
#446
Strokes
5
Readings
bái100%
Mnemonic
A burning candle; the rays of the sun
Stroke order
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Used in vocabulary
明白míngbai
clear; obvious; unequivocal; sensible; reasonable; to understand; to realize
白bái
white; in vain; free of charge; (bound form) (of facts, the truth, a situation) clear; evident (e.g. 真相大白 (zhēnxiàngdàbái)); (bound form) plain; without additions (e.g. 白饭 (báifàn)); (bound form) to explain; to state (e.g. 辩白 (biànbái)); (bound form) to give a disdainful look (e.g. 白了他一眼 (báiletāyīyǎn)); (bound form) vernacular (e.g. 白话 (báihuà)); (bound form) spoken lines in opera (e.g. 念白 (niànbái)); (bound form) reactionary; anti-communist (e.g. 白区 (báiqū))
白色báisè
white; fig. reactionary; anti-communist
白人báirén
white man or woman; Caucasian
白天báitiān
daytime; during the day; day
白宫Báigōng
White House
白痴báichī
idiocy; idiot
空白kòngbái
blank space
黑白hēibái
black and white; right and wrong; monochrome
蛋白dànbái
egg white; protein; albumen
白领báilǐng
white-collar; white-collar worker
伊丽莎白Yīlìshābái
Elizabeth (person name)
坦白tǎnbái
honest; forthcoming; to confess
告白gàobái
to announce publicly; to explain oneself; to reveal one's feelings; to confess; to declare one's love
对白duìbái
dialogue (in a movie or a play)
白白báibái
in vain; to no purpose; for nothing; white
白金báijīn
platinum; silver; white gold; (Singapore) money gift at a funeral
雪白xuěbái
snow white
清白qīngbái
pure; innocent
表白biǎobái
to explain oneself; to express; to reveal one's thoughts or feelings; declaration; confession