白衣

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	gown; clothes; to dress gown; clothes; to dress; to wear
simp. and trad. (白衣)		白	衣

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): báiyī

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ ji¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pha̍k-yî
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pe̍h-i / pe̍eh-i
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁸baq-i

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: báiyī
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: báiyi
  - Wade–Giles: pai²-i¹
  - Yale: bái-yī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairi
  - Palladius: байи (baji)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ i⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: baak⁶ ji¹
  - Yale: baahk yī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ ji¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ yi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² jiː⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pha̍k-yî
  - Hakka Romanization System: pag i´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: pag⁶ yi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰak̚⁵ i²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pha̍k-yî
  - Hakka Romanization System: pag (r)i´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: pag⁶ yi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰak̚⁵ (j)i²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-i
  - Tâi-lô: pe̍h-i
  - Phofsit Daibuun: peq'y
  - IPA (Taipei): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ i⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ i⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² i³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍eh-i
  - Tâi-lô: pe̍eh-i
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɛ(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ i⁴⁴/
Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ⁸baq-i
  - MiniDict: bah^入 i
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵baq-i
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /baʔ¹¹ i²³/

Noun

白衣

white clothes; white robe, dress or coat
(historical) fameless person; commoner
(historical) servant
(Buddhism) profane man

Synonyms

(fameless person):

一般人 (yībānrén)
世人 (shìrén)
世間人／世间人 (Hokkien)
人士 (rénshì) (literary)
人民 (rénmín)
人群 (rénqún)
人萌 (rénméng) (literary)
俗人 (súrén)
俗子 (súzǐ) (literary)
𫣆人 (Hakka)
兆民 (zhàomín) (archaic)
公眾／公众 (gōngzhòng)
凡人 (fánrén)
凡夫 (fánfū) (literary)
匹夫 (pǐfū) (literary)
四眾人／四众人 (Teochew)
士人 (shìrén) (archaic)
大眾／大众 (dàzhòng)
子民 (zǐmín) (historical)
家人 (jiārén) (archaic)
布衣 (bùyī) (historical)
常人 (chángrén)
平人 (píngrén) (literary)
平常人 (píngchángrén)
平民 (píngmín)
庶人 (shùrén) (literary)
庶民 (shùmín) (literary)
斯人 (sīrén) (Classical Chinese)
普通人 (pǔtōngrén)
民人 (mínrén) (literary)
民眾／民众 (mínzhòng)
烝民 (zhēngmín) (literary)
白衣人 (báiyīrén) (historical)
白身 (báishēn) (archaic)
白身人 (báishēnrén) (archaic)
百姓
眾人／众人 (zhòngrén) (literary)
萬姓／万姓 (wànxìng) (archaic)
群眾／群众 (qúnzhòng)
老百姓 (lǎobǎixìng)
良人 (liángrén) (literary)
草民 (cǎomín) (the worthless ordinary people)
草菅 (cǎojiān) (Classical Chinese, figurative)
草野 (cǎoyě) (literary, figurative)
萌 (literary)
野人 (yěrén) (archaic)
黎庶 (líshù) (literary)
黎民 (límín) (literary)
黎首 (líshǒu) (archaic)
黔首 (qiánshǒu) (archaic)

Adjective

白衣

(figuratively, attributive) of the medical profession

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
白	衣
はく Grade: 1	い Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) はくい (Atamadaka – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

白(はく)衣(い) • (hakui)

white coat
お医者(いしゃ)さんは白衣(はくい)を着(き)る。
O-isha-san wa hakui o kiru.
Doctors wear white coats.

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

[NHK-1] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

白衣

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