白紙

白紙

See also: 白纸

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	paper
trad. (白紙)		白	紙
simp. (白纸)		白	纸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báizhǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄓˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ zi²
• Min Nan (POJ): pe̍h-chóa

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báizhǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄓˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báijhǐh
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-chih³
    • Yale: bái-jř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairjyy
    • Palladius: байчжи (bajčži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 白紙／白纸 白芷

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ zi²
    • Yale: baahk jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² t͡siː³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 白子 白紙／白纸 白芷

• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-chóa
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍h-tsuá
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peqzoar
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ t͡sua⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² t͡sua⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pe(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sua⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sua⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ t͡sua⁴¹/

Noun

白紙

1. blank sheet of paper (Classifier: 張／张 m)
2. (figurative) one with no prior experience (in life, dating, expertise, etc.) (Classifier: 張／张 m)
3. (archaic) money burnt for the dead

Derived terms

白紙扇／白纸扇 白紙黑字／白纸黑字 (báizhǐhēizì)

空白紙／空白纸

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
白	紙
はく Grade: 1	し Grade: 2
on’yomi

Kanji in this term
白	紙
しら Grade: 1	かみ Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 白(はく) (haku, “white”) + 紙(し) (shi, “paper”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) はくし [hàkúshí] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ha̠kɯ̟ᵝɕi]

• (Tokyo) しら​かみ [shìráꜜkàmì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1][2]
• (Tokyo) しらかみ [shìrákámí] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ɕiɾa̠ka̠mʲi]

Noun

白(はく)紙(し) or 白(しら)紙(かみ) • (hakushi or shirakami) 

1. white paper
2. blank paper

   問(もん)題(だい)が一(いち)問(もん)も解(と)けなかったので、解(かい)答(とう)用(よう)紙(し)を白(はく)紙(し)で出(だ)した。

   Mondai ga ichimon mo tokenakatta node, kaitō yōshi o hakushi de dashita.

   I couldn't solve even one question, so I submitted my answer sheet blank.

3. (figuratively) undecided status
   • 2020 February 12, “走(はし)るSL展(てん)示(じ)計(けい)画(かく)が白(はく)紙(し)に　名(な)古(ご)屋(や)市(し)科(か)学(がく)館(かん)、議(ぎ)会(かい)が反(はん)発(ぱつ)”, in 朝(あさ)日(ひ)新(しん)聞(ぶん)‎:

     名(な)古(ご)屋(や)市(し)科(か)学(がく)館(かん)（中(なか)区(く)）が保(ほ)有(ゆう)する蒸(じょう)気(き)機(き)関(かん)車(しゃ)（S(エス)L(エル)）を敷(しき)地(ち)内(ない)で走(そう)行(こう)展(てん)示(じ)する計(けい)画(かく)について、市(し)教(きょう)育(いく)委(い)員(いん)会(かい)は白(はく)紙(し)に戻(もど)す方(ほう)針(しん)を明(あき)らかにした。

     Nagoya-shi Kagakukan (Naka-ku) ga hoyū suru jōki kikansha (esueru) o shikichinai de sōkō tenji suru keikaku ni tsuite, Shi Kyōiku Iinkai wa hakushi ni modosu hōshin o akiraka ni shita.

     With regards to the plan that the steam locomotive (SL) owned by Nagoya City Science Museum (located in Naka ward) is dynamically preserved in their site, the City Board of Education revealed the idea of cancelling it (returning it to a blank slate).

Derived terms

• 白(はく)紙(し)化(か) (hakushika): blanking (removal of content)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja in this term
白	紙

Noun

白紙 • (baekji) (hangeul 백지)

1. Hanja form^? of 백지 (“white paper; blank sheet of paper; square one; blank slate, tabula rasa”).