白面書生

白面書生

Chinese

		pale face	scholar; intellectual; pedantic scholar
trad. (白面書生)		白面	書生
simp. (白面书生)		白面	书生
Literally: “pale-faced scholar”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báimiàn shūshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄨ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ min⁶ syu¹ sang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: báimiàn shūshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄨ ㄕㄥ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairmiann shusheng
    • IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ mi̯ɛn⁵¹ ʂu⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ min⁶ syu¹ sang¹
    • Yale: baahk mihn syū sāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ min⁶ sy¹ sang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ min⁶ xu¹ seng¹
    • IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² miːn²² ɕyː⁵⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

白面書生

1. young scholar who is well-versed in academic theories but lacks real-life experience; young and inexperienced person without practical experience