白了

白了

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); (completed action marker)
simp. and trad. (白了)		白	了

Pronunciation

• Min Nan (POJ): pe̍h-liáu / pe̍eh-liáu

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• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-liáu
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍h-liáu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peqliao
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ liau⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² liau⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍eh-liáu
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍eh-liáu
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɛ(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ liau⁵³/

Verb

白了

1. (Min Nan) to waste (time, energy, effort, etc.)

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 白了

加了 (Min Nan, chiefly money) 糟蹋 (zāotà) 干了 (Min Nan, chiefly money) 折騰／折腾 (zhēteng) (colloquial) 拋荒／抛荒 (pāohuāng) 揮霍／挥霍 (huīhuò) 曠廢／旷废 (kuàngfèi) 枉費／枉费 (wǎngfèi)

浪費／浪费 (làngfèi) 無彩／无彩 (Min Nan) 白費／白费 (báifèi) 空費／空费 (kōngfèi) 耽誤／耽误 (dānwu) (chiefly time) 荒廢／荒废 (huāngfèi) 虛耗／虚耗 (xūhào) 靡費／靡费 (mífèi) (formal)