白刃

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	edge of blade
trad. (白刃)		白	刃
simp. #(白刃)		白	刃

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báirèn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄖㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ jan⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báirèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄖㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báirèn
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-jên⁴
    • Yale: bái-rèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairrenn
    • Palladius: байжэнь (bajžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ ʐən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ jan⁶
    • Yale: baahk yahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ jan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ yen⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² jɐn²²/

Noun

白刃

1. (literary) sharp sword; naked sword
2. (literary, metonymically) person with a sword
3. (literary, figuratively) war; invasion

Synonyms

• (war):

• 兵戈 (bīnggē) (literary)
• 兵戎 (bīngróng) (literary)
• 兵火 (bīnghuǒ) (figurative)
• 兵革 (bīnggé)
• 戎機／戎机 (róngjī) (literary)
• 戰／战 (zhàn)
• 戰伐／战伐 (zhànfá) (literary)
• 戰火／战火 (zhànhuǒ) (figurative)
• 戰爭／战争 (zhànzhēng)

 

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “war”):

• 和平 (hépíng)

 

Derived terms

• 白刃戰／白刃战 (báirènzhàn)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
白	刃
しら Grade: 1	は Grade: S
kun’yomi

Kanji in this term
白	刃
はく Grade: 1	じん Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕiɾa̠ha̠]

• IPA^(key): [ha̠kɯ̟ᵝʑĩɴ]

Noun

白(しら)刃(は) or 白(はく)刃(じん) • (shiraha or hakujin) 

1. (literary) a sharp sword; a naked sword