白面

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See also: 白麵

Chinese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 白面 – see 白麵 (“wheat flour; heroin”).
(This term is the simplified form of 白麵).
Notes:

Etymology 2

white; empty; blank
white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
 
face; side; surface
face; side; surface; aspect; top
 
simp. and trad.
(白面) 		白 面

Pronunciation 1

Noun

白面

  1. (literally) pale face
  2. (Eastern Min, Hokkien) female prostitute
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 妓女 (“female prostitute”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 娼妓, 妓女, 娼婦
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 妓女, 婊子, 姑娘兒, 窯姐兒, 野花兒
Taiwan 妓女, 婊子
Harbin 婊子, 窯子娘們兒, 窯姐兒, 兔兒, 兔子
Malaysia 雞
Singapore 妓女, 雞
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 窯姐
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 婊子, 賣窯子的
Central Plains Mandarin Xi'an 窯子
Xining 馬班子
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 婊子, 娼婦
Lanzhou 婊子, 窯子
Ürümqi 婊子
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 梭爺子, 婊子婆娘, 婊子, 梭梭, 雞, 貓兒, 野雞, 捨物, 粉臉子 dated
Wuhan 婊子, 妖姑, 賣貨, 片
Guiyang 婊子, 娼妓
Kunming 爛使, 皮旦
Liuzhou 老舉婆, 老舉, 婊子婆
Dagudi (Maliba) 賣屄人
Reshuitang (Longling) 賣屄人
Mae Salong (Lancang) 妓女, 賣屄婆
Mae Sai (Tengchong) 賣屄人
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 婊子
Yangzhou 婊子, 姑娘 dated
Cantonese Guangzhou 老舉, 野雞, 雞
Hong Kong 妓女, 雞, 老舉, 啄地, 鳳, 鳳姐, 女女, G neologism
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 老舉
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 老舉
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 老舉
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 老舉
Macau 老舉, 雞
Guangzhou (Panyu) 老舉
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 老舉
Guangzhou (Conghua) 老舉
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 老舉
Foshan 老舉
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 老舉
Foshan (Shunde) 老舉
Foshan (Sanshui) 老舉
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 老舉
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 老舉
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 老舉
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 老舉
Zhuhai (Doumen) 老舉, 雞
Jiangmen (Baisha) 老舉, 雞
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 老舉, 雞
Taishan 老舉, 妓女, 雞
Kaiping (Chikan) 老舉, 雞
Enping (Niujiang) 老舉, 雞
Heshan (Yayao) 老舉
Dongguan 老舉, 妓女, 雞
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 老舉
Xinyi 老舉
Nanning 老妓
Rongxian 雞
Hepu (Lianzhou) 老舉婆
Hepu (Shatian) 老契
Guiping 老舉
Guiping (Mule) 雞
Pingnan 雞
Guigang (Gangcheng) 老舉, 雞
Guigang (Pingdong) 老舉
Beihai 老舉
Beihai (Nankang) 老舉
Beihai (Yingpan) 老舉婆
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 老舉, 雞婆
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 老舉
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 雞婆
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 妓女, 老舉, 雞
Singapore (Guangfu) 雞
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 老舉
Móng Cái 老舉
Yangon (Taishan) 妓女, 老舉, 雞
Mandalay (Taishan) 女妓
Bangkok (Guangfu) 老舉, 雞
Betong (Rongxian) 雞
Gan Nanchang 姑娘, 婊子, 雀子
Lichuan 婊子
Pingxiang 婊子
Hakka Meixian 婊仔, 火屎, 當賺個, 老舉嫲, 老舉
Xingning 婊哩, 老舉, 老舉嫲, 貨屎, 貨哩
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 老舉, 老舉婆, 雞
Huiyang 老舉
Dongguan (Qingxi) 老舉嫲
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 老舉嫲
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 老舉
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 老舉嫲
Wuhua (Huacheng) 雞婆, 老舉嫲, 老舉
Wuhua (Changbu) 老舉嫲
Wuhua (Mianyang) 雞婆, 老舉嫲
Nanxiong (Zhuji) 老舉
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 老舉
Changting 鴨子
Yudu 婊姊, 姑娘, 婊子
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 賺食嫲
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 菜店嫲
Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) 菜店嫲
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 賺食嫲
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 賺食嫲
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 賺食嫲
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 趁食夫娘人, 趁食妹子
Hong Kong 老舉嫲
Senai (Huiyang) 老舉, 雞
Huizhou Jixi 婊子, 賣屄貨
Jin Taiyuan 婊子, 窯子裡的
Xinzhou 婊子
Northern Min Jian'ou 妓嫲
Jianyang 妓嫲
Wuyishan 婊子
Eastern Min Fuzhou 白面, 白面哥
Fuzhou (Changle) 白面哥
Fuqing 婊
Yongtai 白面
Gutian 做婊子
Fu'an 白面
Ningde 白面
Shouning 婊囝
Zhouning 婊囝
Fuding 花娘
Matsu 白面
Southern Min Xiamen 婊仔, 娼婊, 水貨, 雞, 趁食查某, 土婊, 間仔查某
Quanzhou 婊仔, 片仔, 水貨, 雞, 土婊
Zhangzhou 婊仔, 查某孫, 雞, 雞仔, 土婊, 土婊仔, 間仔查某, 間底查某
Taipei 趁食查某, 菜店查某
Taipei (Wanhua) 趁食查某
New Taipei (Tamsui) 趁食查某, 菜店查某, 豆菜底的
New Taipei (Sanxia) 趁食查某, 豆菜底
New Taipei (Pingxi) 趁食查某
Kaohsiung 菜店查某, 趁食查某
Kaohsiung (Cijin) 趁食查某, 菜店查某
Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) 趁食查某, 菜店查某
Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) 趁食查某, 咧趁的, 菜店查某
Kaohsiung (Tianliao) 趁食查某, 菜店查某, 咧趁的
Yilan 菜店查某, 趁食查某
Yilan (Toucheng) 趁食查某
Changhua (Lukang) 趁食查某
Taichung 趁食查某
Taichung (Wuqi) 趁食查某
Tainan 豆菜底的, 菜店查某, 趁食查某, 貓仔, 咧趁的, 媌仔, 妓女, 路邊花
Tainan (Anping) 趁食查某, 菜店查某, 歹查某, 咧趁的
Taitung 趁食查某
Hsinchu 趁食查某
Kinmen 趁食查某, 相楗的
Penghu (Magong) 趁食查某, 菜店查某, 菜店彪, 妓女
Penghu (Xiyu) 趁食查某, 菜店查某, 婊囝
Penang (Hokkien) 歹查某, 雞
Singapore (Hokkien) 婊仔, 樂洞, 雞
Manila (Hokkien) 婊, 婊仔, 摃婆, 漚摃, 歹查某, 姣查某, 漚查某, 姣婊
Pingnan (Shangdu) 老妓
Chaozhou 娼, 雞
Shantou 花娘, 騷婆, 妓女
Jieyang 雞, 騷, 騷婆, 查某, 娼囝
Haifeng 雞, 查某娼
Bangkok (Teochew) 妓女, 雞
Chiang Mai (Teochew) 老衍
Hat Yai (Teochew) 妓女
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 妓女
Leizhou 娘
Haikou 娘囝, 娘
Puxian Min Putian 貨𨈘
Xianyou 貨𨈘
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Sanxiang) 老舉
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 老妓婆, 婊子婆
Wu Shanghai 婊子, 妓女, 煤餅
Shanghai (Chongming) 婊子, 野雞
Suzhou 婊子, 妓女
Danyang 婊子
Hangzhou 婊子, 妓女
Ningbo 花佬, 婊子
Wenzhou 大毛, 嬉老, 花兒
Jinhua 賣胖貨, 賣胖個, 婊子, 婊子貨
Xiang Changsha 妓女, 婊子, 婊子婆
Loudi 婊子, 娼婦
Quanzhou 妓女
Derived terms

Pronunciation 2

Noun

白面

  1. (figuratively) Short for 白面書生／白面书生 (báimiànshūshēng): a young scholar who is well-versed in academic theories but lacks real life experience
Derived terms

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
白 面
はく
Grade: 1 		めん
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

白(はく)面(めん) • (hakumen) 

  1. a face without cosmetics
  2. a fair complexion
  3. (by extension) one with a fair complexion
  4. one who is young and immature

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
白 面
しら
Grade: 1 		つら
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Noun

白(しら)面(つら) • (shiratsura) 

  1. a style of Kabuki makeup

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
白 面
しら
Grade: 1 		ぶ
Grade: 3
kun'yomi irregular
For pronunciation and definitions of 白面 – see the following entry.
【素面しらふ】
soberness, especially without the effect of alcohol
sober face
Alternative spelling
シラフ
(This term, 白面, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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