白墨

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	China ink; ink stick; (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (白墨)		白	墨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): báimò

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄇㄛˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): be² me²

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ mak⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pe̍h-ba̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báimò
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄇㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báimò
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-mo⁴
    • Yale: bái-mwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairmoh
    • Palladius: баймо (bajmo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ mu̯ɔ⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: be² me²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: beme
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɛ²¹ mɛ²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ mak⁶
    • Yale: baahk mahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ mak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ meg⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² mɐk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-ba̍k
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍h-ba̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peqbak
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ bak̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² bak̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pe(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ bak̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ bak̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ bak̚⁴/

Noun

白墨

1. Alternative name for 粉筆／粉笔 (fěnbǐ, “(blackboard) chalk”).

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 粉筆 (“chalk (the writing implement)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		粉筆
Mandarin	Taiwan	粉筆
	Harbin	粉筆
	Yantai (Muping)	粉筆
	Jinan	粉筆
	Luoyang	粉筆, 粉墨
	Wanrong	粉筆
	Xi'an	粉錠兒
	Yinchuan	粉筆, 粉錠子
	Xining	粉筆
	Ürümqi	粉筆
	Wuhan	粉筆
	Chengdu	白墨
	Guiyang	粉筆
	Guilin	粉筆
	Liuzhou	粉筆
	Nanning (Wuming)	粉筆
	Xuzhou	粉筆
	Yangzhou	粉筆
	Nanjing	粉筆
	Singapore	粉筆
Cantonese	Hong Kong	粉筆
	Taishan	粉筆
	Taishan (Guanghai)	粉筆
	Dongguan	粉筆
	Qinzhou	粉筆
	Mandalay (Taishan)	粉筆
Gan	Nanchang	粉筆
	Lichuan	粉筆
	Pingxiang	粉筆
Hakka	Meixian	粉筆
	Yudu	粉筆
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	粉筆
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	粉筆
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	粉筆
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	粉筆
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	粉筆
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	粉筆
Huizhou	Jixi	粉筆
Jin	Taiyuan	粉筆
	Xinzhou	粉筆
Northern Min	Jian'ou	粉筆
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	白墨
Southern Min	Xiamen	粉筆
	Quanzhou	粉筆
	Jinjiang	粉筆
	Zhangzhou	粉筆
	Taipei	粉筆 GT
	Singapore (Hokkien)	粉筆
	Manila (Hokkien)	粉筆
	Guilin (Biyange)	白粉
	Leizhou	白粉
	Haikou	粉筆
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	粉筆
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	粉筆
Wu	Shanghai (Chongming)	粉筆
	Suzhou	粉筆
	Danyang	粉筆
	Hangzhou	粉筆
	Ningbo	粉筆
	Wenzhou	粉筆
	Jinhua	粉筆
Xiang	Changsha	粉條
	Loudi	粉筆, 粉筆條子
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
白	墨
はく Grade: 1	ぼく Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
白墨 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ha̠kɯ̟ᵝbo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

白(はく)墨(ぼく) • (hakuboku) 

1. (blackboard) chalk