白紙

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See also: 白纸

Chinese

 
white; empty; blank
white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
 paper
trad. (白紙) 白 紙
simp. (白纸) 白 纸

Pronunciation

Noun

白紙

  1. blank sheet of paper (Classifier: 張／张 m)
  2. (figurative) one with no prior experience (in life, dating, expertise, etc.) (Classifier: 張／张 m)
  3. (archaic) money burnt for the dead

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
白 紙
はく
Grade: 1 		し
Grade: 2
on’yomi
Kanji in this term
白 紙
しら
Grade: 1 		かみ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 白(はく) (haku, “white”) + 紙(し) (shi, “paper”).

Pronunciation

Noun

白(はく)紙(し) or 白(しら)紙(かみ) • (hakushi or shirakami) 

  1. white paper
  2. blank paper
    問(もん)題(だい)が一(いち)問(もん)も解(と)けなかったので、解(かい)答(とう)用(よう)紙(し)を白(はく)紙(し)で出(だ)した。
    Mondai ga ichimon mo tokenakatta node, kaitō yōshi o hakushi de dashita.
    I couldn't solve even one question, so I submitted my answer sheet blank.
  3. (figuratively) undecided status
    • 2020 February 12, “走(はし)るSL展(てん)示(じ)計(けい)画(かく)が白(はく)紙(し)に　名(な)古(ご)屋(や)市(し)科(か)学(がく)館(かん)、議(ぎ)会(かい)が反(はん)発(ぱつ)”, in 朝(あさ)日(ひ)新(しん)聞(ぶん)‎:
      名(な)古(ご)屋(や)市(し)科(か)学(がく)館(かん)（中(なか)区(く)）が保(ほ)有(ゆう)する蒸(じょう)気(き)機(き)関(かん)車(しゃ)（S(エス)L(エル)）を敷(しき)地(ち)内(ない)で走(そう)行(こう)展(てん)示(じ)する計(けい)画(かく)について、市(し)教(きょう)育(いく)委(い)員(いん)会(かい)は白(はく)紙(し)に戻(もど)す方(ほう)針(しん)を明(あき)らかにした。
      Nagoya-shi Kagakukan (Naka-ku) ga hoyū suru jōki kikansha (esueru) o shikichinai de sōkō tenji suru keikaku ni tsuite, Shi Kyōiku Īnkai wa hakushi ni modosu hōshin o akiraka ni shita.
      With regards to the plan that the steam locomotive (SL) owned by Nagoya City Science Museum (located in Naka ward) is dynamically preserved in their site, the City Board of Education revealed the idea of cancelling it (returning it to a blank slate).

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
白紙

Noun

白紙 • (baekji) (hangeul 백지)

  1. Hanja form? of 백지 (“white paper; blank sheet of paper; square one; blank slate, tabula rasa”).
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