口白

Chinese

		mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)	white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
simp. and trad. (口白)		口	白
anagram		白口

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǒubái

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄡˇ ㄅㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hau² baak⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kháu-pe̍h

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǒubái
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄡˇ ㄅㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǒubái
    • Wade–Giles: kʻou³-pai²
    • Yale: kǒu-bái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kooubair
    • Palladius: коубай (koubaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ paɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hau² baak⁶
    • Yale: háu baahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hau² baak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: heo² bag⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯³⁵ paːk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kháu-pe̍h
    • Tâi-lô: kháu-pe̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qaw'peh
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ peʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /kʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ peʔ⁴/

Noun

口白

1. spoken parts in an opera; dialogue in a drama or play

Verb

口白

1. (literary) to tell someone by word of mouth