白蓮花

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
trad. (白蓮花)		白	蓮花
simp. (白莲花)		白	莲花

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báiliánhuā

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ lin⁴ faa¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pe̍h-liân-hoe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báiliánhuā
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báiliánhua
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-lien²-hua¹
    • Yale: bái-lyán-hwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairlianhua
    • Palladius: байляньхуа (bajljanʹxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ li̯ɛn³⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ lin⁴ faa¹
    • Yale: baahk lìhn fā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ lin⁴ faa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ lin⁴ fa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² liːn²¹ faː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-liân-hoe
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍h-liân-hue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peqlienhoef
    • IPA (Taipei): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ liɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ hue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ liɛn²³⁻³³ hue⁴⁴/

Noun

白蓮花

1. “white lotus flower”, metaphor for a pure, innocent and harmless person
2. (sarcastic, slang, especially of a female) one who appears sweet and innocent but is actually corrupt, cunning or deceitful