白粉

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Chinese

white; empty; blank
white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
 
 dust; powder
trad. (白粉) 白 粉
simp. #(白粉) 白 粉
Literally: “white powder”.

Pronunciation

Noun

白粉

  1. face powder (or any other white cosmetic powder)
  2. white chalk; white paint
  3. face paint
  4. white flour
  5. (informal) heroin
  6. (Zhongshan Hakka, Leizhou Min, Guilin Southern Min) chalk (for writing)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 海洛因 (“heroin”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 海洛因, 海洛英
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 白麵兒, 老海 dated
Taiwan 海洛因, 白粉
Singapore 白粉
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 白麵兒, 老海
Xi'an 白麵兒
Lanyin Mandarin Ürümqi 白麵兒
Southwestern Mandarin Dagudi (Maliba) 白粉
Reshuitang (Longling) 白粉, 粉藥
Mae Salong (Lancang) 白粉, 粉藥
Mae Sai (Tengchong) 白粉
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 白麵子
Cantonese Guangzhou 白粉
Hong Kong 海洛英, 白粉, 粉, 灰, 四仔
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 白粉
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 白粉
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 白粉
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 海洛英
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 白粉
Móng Cái 白粉
Hakka Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 白粉
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 海洛因
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 海洛因
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 海洛因
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 海洛因
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 海洛因
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 海洛因
Senai (Huiyang) 白粉
Jin Taiyuan 料子
Xinzhou 料子
Southern Min Xiamen 海洛因
Singapore (Hokkien) 白粉
Chaozhou 白粉
Shantou 白粉
Jieyang 白粉
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 白粉
Pontianak (Teochew) 下洛因
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 白粉
Wu Danyang 白粉, 白麵
Wenzhou 白粉
Dialectal synonyms of 粉筆 (“chalk (writing implement)”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 粉筆
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 粉筆
Taiwan 粉筆
Chengde 粉筆
Chifeng 粉筆
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 粉筆
Heihe 粉筆
Qiqihar 粉筆
Harbin 粉筆
Jiamusi 粉筆
Baicheng 粉筆
Changchun 粉筆
Tonghua 粉筆
Shenyang 粉筆
Jinzhou 粉筆
Singapore 粉筆
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 粉筆
Tangshan 粉筆
Cangzhou 粉筆
Baoding 粉筆
Shijiazhuang 粉筆
Lijin 粉筆
Jinan 粉筆
Jiaoliao Mandarin Dalian 粉筆
Dandong 粉筆
Yantai 粉筆
Yantai (Muping) 粉筆
Qingdao 粉筆
Zhucheng 粉筆
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 粉筆, 粉墨
Lingbao 粉筆
Jining 粉筆
Wanrong 粉筆
Linfen 粉筆
Shangqiu 粉筆
Yuanyang 粉筆
Zhengzhou 粉筆
Xinyang 粉筆
Baihe 粉筆
Xi'an 粉筆, 粉錠兒
Baoji 粉筆
Tianshui 粉筆
Xining 粉筆
Xuzhou 粉筆
Fuyang 粉筆, 粉條
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 粉筆, 粉錠子
Lanzhou 粉筆, 粉錠子
Dunhuang 粉筆
Hami 粉筆
Ürümqi 粉筆
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 粉筆, 白墨
Nanchong 粉筆, 白墨
Dazhou 粉筆, 白墨
Hanyuan 粉筆, 白墨
Xichang 粉筆
Zigong 粉筆, 粉墨
Chongqing 粉筆, 白墨, 粉墨
Wuhan 粉筆
Yichang 粉筆, 粉條
Xiangyang 粉筆
Tianmen 粉筆, 粉條
Guiyang 粉筆
Zunyi 粉筆
Bijie 粉筆
Liping 粉筆, 白墨
Zhaotong 粉筆
Dali 粉筆
Kunming 粉筆
Mengzi 粉筆
Guilin 粉筆
Liuzhou 粉筆
Nanning (Wuming) 粉筆
Jishou 粉筆
Changde 粉筆
Hanzhong 粉筆
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 粉筆
Yangzhou 粉筆
Lianyungang 粉筆
Lianshui 粉筆
Nantong 粉筆
Anqing 粉筆
Wuhu 粉筆
Hefei 粉筆
Hong'an 粉筆, 粉條, 粉墨
Cantonese Guangzhou 粉筆
Hong Kong 粉筆
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 粉筆
Macau 粉筆
Guangzhou (Panyu) 粉筆
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 粉筆
Guangzhou (Conghua) 粉筆
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 粉筆
Foshan 粉筆
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 粉筆
Foshan (Shunde) 粉筆
Foshan (Sanshui) 粉筆
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 粉筆
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 粉筆
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 粉筆
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 粉筆
Zhuhai (Doumen) 粉筆
Jiangmen (Baisha) 粉筆
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 粉筆
Taishan 粉筆
Taishan (Guanghai) 粉筆
Kaiping (Chikan) 粉筆
Enping (Niujiang) 粉筆
Heshan (Yayao) 粉筆
Dongguan 粉筆
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 粉筆
Qinzhou 粉筆
Mandalay (Taishan) 粉筆
Gan Nanchang 粉筆
Lichuan 粉筆
Pingxiang 粉筆
Hakka Meixian 粉筆
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 粉筆
Dongguan (Qingxi) 粉筆
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 粉筆
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 白粉
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 粉筆
Yudu 粉筆
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 粉筆
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 粉筆
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 粉筆
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 粉筆
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 粉筆
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 粉筆
Huizhou Jixi 粉筆
Shexian 粉筆
Jin Taiyuan 粉筆
Yangyuan 粉筆
Datong 粉筆
Xinzhou 粉筆
Lüliang (Lishi) 粉筆
Changzhi 粉筆
Linhe 粉筆
Jining 粉筆
Hohhot 粉筆
Erenhot 粉筆
Pingshan 粉筆
Zhangjiakou 粉筆
Handan 粉筆
Linzhou 粉筆
Suide 粉筆, 粉錠兒
Northern Min Jian'ou 粉筆
Eastern Min Fuzhou 白墨
Southern Min Xiamen 粉筆
Quanzhou 粉筆
Jinjiang 粉筆
Zhangzhou 粉筆
Tainan 白墨粉
Singapore (Hokkien) 粉筆
Manila (Hokkien) 粉筆
Guilin (Biyange) 白粉
Leizhou 白粉
Haikou 粉筆
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 粉筆
Zhongshan (Sanxiang) 粉筆
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 粉筆
Wu Shanghai (Chongming) 粉筆
Suzhou 粉筆
Danyang 粉筆
Hangzhou 粉筆
Ningbo 粉筆
Wenzhou 粉筆
Jinhua 粉筆
Xiang Changsha 粉條
Loudi 粉筆, 粉筆條子

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (白粉):
  • → Japanese: 白粉(はくふん) (hakufun)
  • → Korean: 백분(白粉) (baekbun)

Others:

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
白 粉
Grade: 1 Grade: 5
irregular

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

白粉(おしろい) • (oshiroi) 

  1. (cometics) powder, face powder, white powder used as a base for cosmetics
    紅白粉(べにおしろい)
    beni oshiroi
    rouge and powder; make-up

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
白 粉
しら
Grade: 1 		こ
Grade: 5
kun'yomi

白 (“white”) +‎ 粉 (“powder”)

Noun

白(しら)粉(こ) or 白粉(はくふん) • (shirako or hakufun) 

  1. bloom, a powdery coating on the surface of certain fruit, such as grapes or plums
    ブドウに白粉(しらこ)がふいた。
    Budō ni shirako ga fuita.
    Bloom formed on the grapes.
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