白粉

白粉

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	dust; powder
trad. (白粉)		白	粉
simp. #(白粉)		白	粉
Literally: “white powder”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báifěn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄈㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ fan²
• Min Nan (POJ): pe̍h-hún

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báifěn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄈㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báifěn
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-fên³
    • Yale: bái-fěn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairfeen
    • Palladius: байфэнь (bajfɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ fən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ fan²
    • Yale: baahk fán
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ fan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ fen²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² fɐn³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-hún
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍h-hún
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peqhuon
    • IPA (Singapore): /pe(ʔ)⁴³⁻²¹ hun⁴²/

Noun

白粉

1. face powder (or any other white cosmetic powder)
2. white chalk; white paint
3. face paint
4. white flour
5. (informal) heroin

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 海洛因 (“heroin”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		海洛因, 海洛英
Mandarin	Beijing	白麵兒, 老海
	Taiwan	海洛因, 白粉
	Luoyang	白麵兒, 老海
	Xi'an	白麵兒
	Ürümqi	白麵兒
	Yangzhou	白麵子
	Singapore	白粉
	Dagudi (Maliba)	白粉
	Reshuitang (Longling)	白粉, 粉藥
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	白粉, 粉藥
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	白粉
Cantonese	Guangzhou	白粉
	Hong Kong	海洛英, 白粉, 粉, 灰, 四仔
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	白粉
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	白粉
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	白粉
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	海洛英
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	白粉
	Móng Cái	白粉
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	海洛因
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	海洛因
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	海洛因
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	海洛因
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	海洛因
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	海洛因
	Senai (Huiyang)	白粉
Jin	Taiyuan	料子
	Xinzhou	料子
Min Nan	Xiamen	海洛因
	Singapore (Hokkien)	白粉
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	白粉
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	白粉
Wu	Danyang	白粉, 白麵
	Wenzhou	白粉

Derived terms

白粉仔 白粉佬

白粉友

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (白粉):

• → Japanese: 白粉(はくふん) (hakufun)
• → Korean: 백분(白粉) (baekbun)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
白	粉
Grade: 1	Grade: 5
irregular

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

白粉(おしろい) • (oshiroi) 

1. (cometics) powder, face powder, white powder used as a base for cosmetics

   紅白粉(べにおしろい)

   beni oshiroi

   rouge and powder; make-up

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
白	粉
しら Grade: 1	こ Grade: 5
kun’yomi

白 (“white”) +‎ 粉 (“powder”)

Noun

白(しら)粉(こ) or 白粉(はくふん) • (shirako or hakufun) 

1. bloom, a powdery coating on the surface of certain fruit, such as grapes or plums

   ブドウに白粉(しらこ)がふいた。

   Budō ni shirako ga fuita.

   Bloom formed on the grapes.