慘白

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Chinese

		miserable; wretched; cruel miserable; wretched; cruel; inhuman; seriously; badly; tragic	white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
trad. (慘白)		慘	白
simp. (惨白)		惨	白

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cǎnbái

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄢˇ ㄅㄞˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): caam² baak⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cǎnbái
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄢˇ ㄅㄞˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cǎnbái
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻan³-pai²
  - Yale: tsǎn-bái
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaanbair
  - Palladius: цаньбай (canʹbaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰän²¹⁴⁻²¹ paɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: caam² baak⁶
  - Yale: cháam baahk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsaam² baak⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: cam² bag⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːm³⁵ paːk̚²/

Adjective

慘白

(of complexion, etc.) pale; wan; pallid
dim

Synonyms

(pale):

慘淡的白／惨淡的白 (cǎndàn de bái)
死白 (Xiamen Hokkien)
白死 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
蒼白／苍白 (cāngbái)
青尞 (cen¹ liao¹) (Teochew)
青尞青尞 (cen¹ liao¹ cen¹ liao¹) (Teochew)

(dim):

冥冥 (míngmíng) (literary)
慘／惨 (cǎn) (literary, or in compounds)
慘淡／惨淡 (cǎndàn)
昏暗 (hūn'àn)
昏沉 (hūnchén)
昏黑 (hūnhēi)
晦冥 (huìmíng) (literary, used both literally and figuratively)
晦暗 (huì'àn) (literary)
暗淡 (àndàn) (used both literally and figuratively)
烏暗／乌暗 (Hokkien, Teochew)
陰幽／阴幽 (yīnyōu) (literary)
黑暗 (hēi'àn)

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