白馬

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Chinese

 
white; empty; blank
white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
horse; surname
trad. (白馬)
simp. (白马)
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Etymology

“Kep (in Cambodia)”
From the Khmer name កែប (kaep, literally saddle).
“Whitehorse”
Calque of English Whitehorse.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (3) (4)
Final () (113) (98)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () II II
Fanqie
Baxter baek maeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/bˠæk̚/ /mˠaX/
Pan
Wuyun
/bᵚak̚/ /mᵚaX/
Shao
Rongfen
/bak̚/ /maX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/baɨjk̚/ /maɨX/
Li
Rong
/bɐk̚/ /maX/
Wang
Li
/bɐk̚/ /maX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/bʱɐk̚/ /maX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
bak6 maa5
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
bái
Middle
Chinese
‹ bæk › ‹ X ›
Old
Chinese
/*bˁrak/ /*mˁraʔ/
English white horse

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 207 8715
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*braːɡ/ /*mraːʔ/

Noun

白馬

  1. white horse
  2. (historical) sacrificial song in ancient China
  3. (, ) Baima people (subgroup of Tibetans)

Derived terms

Proper noun

白馬

  1. () Kep (a province of Cambodia)
  2. (~市) Kep (the provincial capital of Kep Province, Cambodia)
  3. (~市) Whitehorse (a city in Yukon, Canada)
  4. () Baima (a town in Lishui district, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China)
  5. () Baima (a town in Gaogang district, Taizhou, Jiangsu, China)
  6. () Baima (a town in Pujiang, Jinhua, Zhejiang, China)
  7. () Baima (a town in Dancheng, Zhoukou, Henan, China)
  8. () Baima (a town in Lianyuan, Loudi, Hunan, China)
  9. () Baima (a town in Beiliu, Yulin, Guangxi, China)
  10. () Baima (a town in Wulong district, Chongqing, China)
  11. () Baima (a town in Miyi, Panzhihua, Sichuan, China)
  12. () Baima (a town in Anju district, Suining, Sichuan, China)
  13. () Baima (a town in Shizhong district, Neijiang, Sichuan, China)
  14. () Baima (a town in Shizhong district, Leshan, Sichuan, China)
  15. () Baima (a town in Dongpo district, Meishan, Sichuan, China)
  16. (, formerly ) Baima (a town in Xuanhan, Dazhou, Sichuan, China, formerly a township)
  17. () Baima (a township in Yixian, Baoding, Hebei, China)
  18. () Baima (a township in the Guang'an District, Guang'an, Sichuan, China)
  19. () Baima (a township in Xichang, Liangshan prefecture, Sichuan, China)
  20. () Baima (a township in Huachi, Qingyang, Gansu, China)
  21. () Baima (a township in Zhongning, Zhongwei, Ningxia, China)
  22. () Baima (a village in Chengbei, Yingcheng, Xiaogan, Hubei, China)
  23. (雪山) Baima Snow Mountain (a mountain in Yunnan, China)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Proper noun

白馬

  1. chữ Hán form of Bạch Mã.