白布

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	to declare; to announce; to spread to declare; to announce; to spread; to make known; spread; (cotton) cloth
simp. and trad. (白布)		白	布

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báibù

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄅㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ bou³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pe̍h-pò͘ / pe̍eh-pò͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báibù
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄅㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báibù
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-pu⁴
    • Yale: bái-bù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairbuh
    • Palladius: байбу (bajbu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ pu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ bou³
    • Yale: baahk bou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ bou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ bou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² pou̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-pò͘
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍h-pòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peqpox
    • IPA (Xiamen, Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ pɔ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ pɔ¹¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² pɔ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍eh-pò͘
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍eh-pòo
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɛ(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ pɔ²¹/

Etymology 1

Noun

白布

1. plain white cloth; calico

Etymology 2

According to Liu Pansui (劉盼遂), this is a disyllabic morpheme (連綿字) of the same derivation as 跋扈 (báhù), 抪扈, etc.

Adjective

白布

1. (obsolete) domineering; bullying; bossy