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白

bái · bai/Bái · bai

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Meaning

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bái 白

  1. white
  2. snowy
  3. pure
  4. bright
  5. empty
  6. blank
  7. plain
  8. clear
  9. to make clear
  10. in vain
  11. gratuitous
  12. free of charge
  13. reactionary
  14. anti-communist
  15. funeral
  16. to stare coldly
  17. to write wrong character
  18. to state
  19. to explain
  20. vernacular
  21. spoken lines in opera

Bái 白

  1. surname Bai
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The pink shirt

  1. Liangliang

    你的(nǐde)白(bái)衬衫(chènshān)怎么(zěnme)变(biàn)粉色(fěnsè)了(le)？

    How did your white shirt turn pink?

  2. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)把(bǎ)红(hóng)袜子(wàzi)和(hé)它(tā)一起(yīqǐ)洗(xǐ)了(le)。

    I washed a red sock together with it.

  3. Liangliang

    白(bái)衬衫(chènshān)要(yào)和(hé)白(bái)衣服(yīfu)一起(yīqǐ)洗(xǐ)！

    White shirts must be washed with white clothes!

  4. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)白(bái)洗(xǐ)了(le)一个(yīgè)小时(xiǎoshí)！

    I washed it for an hour for nothing!

  5. Liangliang

    粉色(fěnsè)也(yě)很(hěn)好看(hǎokàn)，明天(míngtiān)穿(chuān)吧(ba)。

    Pink looks nice too. Wear it tomorrow.

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2 examples
01

玛(mǎ)丽(lì)穿(chuān)了(le)一(yì)条(tiáo)朴(pǔ)素(sù)的(de)白(bái)裙(qún)子(zi)。

Mary wore a simple white dress.

Tatoeba: Chinese by gumblex · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

黑(hēi)猫(māo)在(zài)吃(chī)一(yì)只(zhī)白(bái)老(lǎo)鼠(shǔ)。

The black cat is eating a white rat.

Tatoeba: Chinese by megamanenm · English by guavalava · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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