白白

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
simp. and trad. (白白)		白	白

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báibái

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄅㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ baak⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pha̍k-pha̍k
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pe̍h-pe̍h / pe̍eh-pe̍eh

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báibái
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄅㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báibái
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-pai²
    • Yale: bái-bái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairbair
    • Palladius: байбай (bajbaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ paɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ baak⁶
    • Yale: baahk baahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ baak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ bag⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² paːk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pha̍k-pha̍k
    • Hakka Romanization System: pag pag
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pag⁶ pag⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰak̚⁵ pʰak̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-pe̍h
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍h-pe̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peqpeh
    • IPA (Taipei): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ peʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² peʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ peʔ⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍eh-pe̍eh
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍eh-pe̍eh
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɛ(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ pɛʔ¹²¹/

Note:

• “without compensation” - Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou;
• “in vain; groundless; helplessly; very white” - Taiwan.

Adverb

白白

1. in vain; to no purpose; for nothing; unsuccessfully
2. without compensation; without payment
3. (Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka) without any cause or reason; groundless
4. (Taiwanese Hokkien) helplessly; having no way out

Synonyms

• (in vain): 徒然 (túrán); (Hokkien) 干焦, 干白
• (groundless): 平白 (píngbái), 平白無故／平白无故 (píngbáiwúgù)

Derived terms

• 白白食

 

Adjective

白白

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka) very white

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): be² be^2-1

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• Mandarin
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: be² be^2-1
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: bebe
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɛ²¹ pɛ²¹⁻⁵⁵/

Noun

白白

1. (Sichuanese) egg white

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蛋白 (“(chicken) egg white”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蛋白
Mandarin	Beijing	蛋清兒
	Taiwan	蛋白
	Harbin	蛋清兒
	Yantai (Muping)	雞蛋清兒
	Luoyang	蛋白兒, 蛋清兒
	Wanrong	雞蛋清
	Xi'an	雞蛋清兒
	Yinchuan	清子
	Lanzhou	清子
	Ürümqi	雞蛋清兒
	Chengdu	白白, 蛋清清, 蛋清, 蛋白白, 蛋白
	Guiyang	蛋清
	Yangzhou	蛋白子
	Singapore	蛋白
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蛋白
	Hong Kong	蛋白
	Singapore (Guangfu)	蛋白
Gan	Nanchang	蛋白
	Lichuan	蛋白
	Pingxiang	架架白
Hakka	Meixian	卵白
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	春白
	Yudu	蛋白
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	卵白
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	卵白
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	卵白
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	卵白
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	卵白
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	卵白
Huizhou	Jixi	雞子清
Jin	Xinzhou	雞清, 清子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	卵白
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	卵清
Southern Min	Xiamen	卵清
	Quanzhou	卵清
	Zhangzhou	卵清
	Taipei	卵清, 白仁 GT
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	卵清
	Kaohsiung	卵清
	Yilan	卵清
	Changhua (Lukang)	卵清
	Taichung	卵清
	Tainan	卵清
	Hsinchu	卵清
	Kinmen	卵清
	Penghu (Magong)	卵清
	Singapore (Hokkien)	卵清
	Longyan	卵白
	Jieyang	卵清 uncooked, 卵白 cooked
	Leizhou	白仁
	Haikou	白仁
	Singapore (Hainanese)	卵白
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	蛋白, 蛋清
Wu	Shanghai	蛋白, 蛋清
	Shanghai (Chongming)	蛋白
	Suzhou	蛋白
	Danyang	子白, 蛋清
	Hangzhou	蛋清
	Ningbo	蛋白
	Wenzhou	卵清 raw, 卵白 cooked
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)