Memory phrase for the character: 白

白

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Meaning

white, pure, bright, empty, clear, in vain

Pronunciation

bái

Explanation

 The sun 日 with a sun ray ノ

Mnemonic
 
(You are dazzled) The shining sun makes it: white.

Radicals

白 whiteIn strong sunshine, you are blinded by the brightness. Such that: The rays 丶 of the sun 日 make it: white.




 Vocabulary

白雪皑皑 bái xuě ái ái  brilliant white snow cover (esp. of distant peaks)
白蜡 bái là  white wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)
白拣 bái jiǎn  a cheap choice; to choose sth that costs nothing
俞天白 Yú Tiān bái  Yu Tianbai (1937-), novelist
混淆黑白 hùn xiáo hēi bái  to confuse black and white; to say that black is white; fig. not to distinguish right from wrong
白炽灯 bái chì dēng  incandescent light
白炽灯 bái chì dēng  
白暨豚 bái jì tún  Chinese river dolphin (Lipotes vexillifer)
俨如白昼 yǎn rú bái zhòu  as bright as daylight (idiom)
白头偕老 bái tóu xié lǎo  (to live together until the) white hairs of old age (idiom); to live to a ripe old age in conjugal bliss; until death do us part
白壁无瑕 bái bì wú xiá  impeccable moral integrity
白壁无瑕 bái bì wú xiá  

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