白髮

白髮

See also: 白髪

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	hair
trad. (白髮)		白	髮
simp. (白发)		白	发

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báifà, báifǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄈㄚˋ, ㄅㄞˊ ㄈㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ faat³
• Min Nan (POJ): pe̍h-hoat
• Wu (Wiktionary): baq faq (T5)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: báifà
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄈㄚˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairfah
    • IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ fä⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: báifǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄈㄚˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairfaa
    • IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ faat³
    • Yale: baahk faat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ faat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ fad³
    • IPA ^(key): /päːk̚² fäːt̚³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-hoat
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍h-huat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peqhoad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻²² huat̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pe(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ huat̚³²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: baq faq (T5)
    • IPA ^(key): /b̻a̱ʔ¹¹ fa̱ʔ²³/

Noun

白髮

1. white hair

   滿頭白髮 / 满头白发  ―  mǎntóu báifà  ―  hoary-haired

2. (figuratively, by synecdoche) elderly; senior

Coordinate terms

• 黑髮／黑发 (hēifà)
• 紅髮／红发 (hóngfà)
• 金髮／金发 (jīnfà)

Derived terms

幾根白髮／几根白发 潘安白髮／潘安白发 潘岳白髮／潘岳白发 白髮人送黑髮人／白发人送黑发人 (báifàrén sòng hēifàrén) 白髮如新／白发如新 白髮朱顏／白发朱颜 白髮相守／白发相守 白髮紅顏／白发红颜 白髮蒼蒼／白发苍苍 (báifà cāngcāng)

白髮蒼顏／白发苍颜 白髮郎潛／白发郎潜 白髮銀鬚／白发银须 白髮青衫／白发青衫 白髮齊眉／白发齐眉 穀子白髮病／谷子白发病 郎潛白髮／郎潜白发 龐眉白髮／庞眉白发