白璧微瑕

白璧微瑕

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	piece of jade with hole in center	tiny; minute; clandestine tiny; minute; clandestine; hide; elegant; exquisite	blemish; flaw in jade
simp. and trad. (白璧微瑕)		白	璧	微	瑕
Literally: “a slight flaw in white jade”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báibì wēixiá, báibì wéixiá

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄨㄟ ㄒㄧㄚˊ, ㄅㄞˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄨㄟˊ ㄒㄧㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ bik¹ mei⁴ haa⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: báibì wēixiá
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄨㄟ ㄒㄧㄚˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairbih ueishya
    • IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ pi⁵¹ u̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: báibì wéixiá
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄨㄟˊ ㄒㄧㄚˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairbih weishya
    • IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ pi⁵¹ u̯eɪ̯³⁵ ɕi̯ä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ bik¹ mei⁴ haa⁴
    • Yale: baahk bīk mèih hàh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ bik⁷ mei⁴ haa⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ big¹ méi⁴ ha⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /päːk̚² pɪk̚⁵ mei̯²¹ häː²¹/

Idiom

白璧微瑕

1. minor blemish in a thing of beauty; slight defect in a person of integrity