清白

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word 清白. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word 清白, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say 清白 in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word 清白 you have here. The definition of the word 清白 will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of清白, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: 淸白

Chinese

clear; distinct; complete
clear; distinct; complete; pure
 
white; empty; blank
white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
 
trad. (清白)
simp. #(清白)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (14) (3)
Final () (121) (113)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III II
Fanqie
Baxter tshjeng baek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡sʰiᴇŋ/ /bˠæk̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡sʰiɛŋ/ /bᵚak̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡sʰiæŋ/ /bak̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡sʰiajŋ/ /baɨjk̚/
Li
Rong
/t͡sʰiɛŋ/ /bɐk̚/
Wang
Li
/t͡sʰĭɛŋ/ /bɐk̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/t͡sʰi̯ɛŋ/ /bʱɐk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
qīng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
cing1 bak6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
qīng bái
Middle
Chinese
‹ tshjeng › ‹ bæk ›
Old
Chinese
/*tsʰeŋ/ /*bˁrak/
English clear (adj.) white

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. 11338 207
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*sʰleŋ/ /*braːɡ/

Adjective

清白

  1. pure
  2. innocent
    無可質疑證明有罪之前清白 [MSC, trad.]
    无可质疑证明有罪之前清白 [MSC, simp.]
    Nǐ zài bèi wúkě zhìyí dì zhèngmíng yǒuzuì zhīqián, dōu shì qīngbái de.
    You are innocent until proven guilty beyond reasonable doubt.
  3. (dialectal) unambiguous

References

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
せい
Grade: 4
はく
Grade: 1
kan'on
Alternative spelling
淸白 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 清白 (MC tshjeng baek).

Pronunciation

Adjective

(せい)(はく) (seihakuせいはく (seifaku)?-na (adnominal (せい)(はく) (seihaku na), adverbial (せい)(はく) (seihaku ni))

  1. pure and clean
Inflection

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
すず
Grade: 4
しろ
Grade: 1
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
淸白 (kyūjitai)
For pronunciation and definitions of 清白 – see the following entry.
蘿蔔すずしろ
daikon radish (Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus, syn. Raphanus sativus)
(This term, 清白, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN