慘白

Chinese

		miserable; wretched; cruel miserable; wretched; cruel; inhuman; seriously; badly; tragic	white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
trad. (慘白)		慘	白
simp. (惨白)		惨	白

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cǎnbái

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄢˇ ㄅㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caam² baak⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cǎnbái
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄢˇ ㄅㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǎnbái
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻan³-pai²
    • Yale: tsǎn-bái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaanbair
    • Palladius: цаньбай (canʹbaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰän²¹⁴⁻²¹ paɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caam² baak⁶
    • Yale: cháam baahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaam² baak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cam² bag⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːm³⁵ paːk̚²/

Adjective

慘白

1. (of complexion, etc.) pale; wan; pallid
2. dim

Synonyms

• (pale):

• 慘淡的白／惨淡的白 (cǎndàn de bái)
• 死白 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 白死 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 蒼白／苍白 (cāngbái)

 

• (dim):

• 冥冥 (míngmíng) (literary)
• 慘／惨 (cǎn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 慘淡／惨淡 (cǎndàn)
• 昏暗 (hūn'àn)
• 昏沉 (hūnchén)
• 昏黑 (hūnhēi)
• 晦冥 (huìmíng) (literary, used both literally and figuratively)
• 晦暗 (huì'àn) (literary)
• 暗淡 (àndàn) (used both literally and figuratively)
• 烏暗／乌暗 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 陰幽／阴幽 (yīnyōu) (literary)
• 黑暗 (hēi'àn)