大白

大白

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
simp. and trad. (大白)		大	白

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàbái

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ baak⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàbái
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàbái
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-pai²
    • Yale: dà-bái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahbair
    • Palladius: дабай (dabaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ paɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ baak⁶
    • Yale: daaih baahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ baak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ bag⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² paːk̚²/

Noun

大白

1. chalk; whiting
2. (colloquial, neologism) dabai (medic or police officer wearing a biosafety suit)

Descendants

• English: dabai

Verb

大白

1. to be completely revealed; to be thoroughly clear

   大白於天下／大白于天下  ―  dàbái yú tiānxià  ―  to be completely revealed to the world