白口

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Chinese

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

Pronunciation

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Note: báikǒur - “spoken parts”.

Noun

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白口

  1. white fore-edge (book design)
  2. (opera) spoken parts

Antonyms

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  • (antonym(s) of white fore-edge): 黑口 (hēikǒu)

Japanese

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 シログチ on Japanese Wikipedia
Kanji in this term
しろ
Grade: 1
くち > ぐち
Grade: 1
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
白愚痴
白久智
白口 (shiroguchi) for sale in a market

Etymology

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Possibly a compound of (しろ) (shiro, white) + (くち) (kuchi, mouth). The kuchi changes to guchi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Possibly from (しろ) (shiro, white) + ()() (guchi, complaint, grumbling), referring to the resemblance of the sound produced by their inflated swim bladders to a person complaining.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɕiɾo̞ɡɯ̟t͡ɕi]

Noun

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(しろ)(ぐち) or 白口(シログチ) (shiroguchi

  1. Pennahia argentata: white croaker, silver croaker, silver jewfish
    Synonyms: グチ (guchi), 石持 (ishimochi)

Usage notes

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