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On the HSK 5 vocabulary list, at CEFR level B2.

bái ㄅㄞˊ

    • white
    • in vain
    • free of charge
    • (of facts, the truth, a situation) clear evident (e.g. 真相大白 zhēnxiàngdàbái)

      bound form

    • plain without additions (e.g. 白饭 báifàn)

      bound form

    • to explain to state (e.g. 辩白 biànbái)

      bound form

    • to give a disdainful look (e.g. 白了他一眼 báiletāyīyǎn)

      bound form

    • vernacular (e.g. 白话 báihuà)

      bound form

    • spoken lines in opera (e.g. 念白 niànbái)

      bound form

    • reactionary anti-communist (e.g. 白区 báiqū)

      bound form

    • surname Bai
    • Bai ethnic group

Other words read bái

bai with other tones

  • 拜 bài bow to
  • 摆 bǎi arrange
  • 百 bǎi hundred
  • 败 bài defeat
  • 伯 bǎi one hundred

All 14 words read bai in any tone

Other words read bái

bai with other tones

  • 拜 bài bow to
  • 擺 bǎi arrange
  • 百 bǎi hundred
  • 敗 bài defeat
  • 伯 bǎi one hundred

All 14 words read bai in any tone

How 白 is written

    部首 radical
    白
    笔画 strokes
    5
    结构 structure
    独体字

    白 as a 部首

    白 is a 部首 (bùshǒu), a radical. A Chinese dictionary files every character under one of them, and this one files 31 under 白. Look a character up by the 白 radical

    Easy to confuse with 白

    Words with 白

    Starting with 白

    All 445 words starting with 白

    Ending with 白

    All 113 words ending with 白

    Containing 白

    • 汉白玉 hànbáiyù white marble
    • 蛋白质 dànbáizhì protein
    • 乳白色 rǔbáisè milky white
    • 小白菜 xiǎobáicài bok choy
    • 长白山 chángbáishān Changbai or Baekdu mountains 白头山, volcanic mountain range between Jilin province and North Korea, prominent in Manchu and Korean mythology

    All 109 words containing 白

    Words with 白

    Starting with 白

    All 445 words starting with 白

    Ending with 白

    All 113 words ending with 白

    Containing 白

    • 漢白玉 hànbáiyù white marble
    • 蛋白質 dànbáizhì protein
    • 乳白色 rǔbáisè milky white
    • 小白菜 xiǎobáicài bok choy
    • 長白山 chángbáishān Changbai or Baekdu mountains 白头山, volcanic mountain range between Jilin province and North Korea, prominent in Manchu and Korean mythology

    All 109 words containing 白

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