美白

Chinese

		beautiful; beauty; America	white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
trad. (美白)		美	白
simp. #(美白)		美	白

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): měibái

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ ㄅㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ baak⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: měibái
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄅㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: měibái
    • Wade–Giles: mei³-pai²
    • Yale: měi-bái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meeibair
    • Palladius: мэйбай (mɛjbaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ paɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁵ baak⁶
    • Yale: méih baahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ baak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵ bag⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ paːk̚²/

Verb

美白

1. to whiten the skin

Antonyms

• 美黑 (měihēi)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
美	白
び Grade: 3	はく Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bʲiha̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

美(び)白(はく) • (bihaku) 

1. beauty of one's skin lightness (in accordance with East Asian beauty standards)