白雪

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	snow
trad. (白雪)		白	雪
simp. #(白雪)		白	雪
anagram		雪白

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báixuě

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄒㄩㄝˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ syut³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báixuě
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄒㄩㄝˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báisyuě
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-hsüeh³
    • Yale: bái-sywě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairsheue
    • Palladius: байсюэ (bajsjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ syut³
    • Yale: baahk syut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ syt⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ xud³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² syːt̚³/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 白說／白说 白雪

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 白雪

1. white snow

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Japanese

Etymology 1

白雪 (Shirayuki): Snow White and the seven dwarfs.

Kanji in this term
白	雪
しら Grade: 1	ゆき Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Compound of 白 (shira, “white”) +‎ 雪 (yuki, “snow”).

Noun

白(しら)雪(ゆき) • (shirayuki) 

1. (literal) white snow
   • 905, Kokin Wakashū (book 6, poem 332; also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 31)

     朝(あさ)ぼらけ有明(ありあけ)の月(つき)と見(み)るまでに吉(よし)野(の)の里(さと)に降(ふ)れる白雪(しらゆき)

     asaborake ariake no tsuki to miru made ni Yoshino-no-sato ni fureru shirayuki

     As it dawns, I almost take for daybreak moon the white snow fallen in Yoshino Village.

Derived terms

• 白雪沢(しらゆきざわ) (Shirayukizawa)
• 白雪橋(しらゆきばし) (Shirayukibashi)
• 白雪(しらゆき)姫(ひめ) (Shirayuki-hime)

Proper noun

白(しら)雪(ゆき) • (Shirayuki) 

1. Snow White
2. a female given name

Usage notes

The character name is generally always followed by a suffix, such as さん (san) or 姫 (hime, “princess”).

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
白	雪
はく Grade: 1	せつ Grade: 2
kan'on

From Middle Chinese 白雪 (MC baek sjwet, literally “white + snow”).

Noun

白(はく)雪(せつ) • (hakusetsu) 

1. (literal) white snow

Derived terms

• 白雪(はくせつ)糕(こう) (hakusetsu-kō), 白(はく)雪糕(せっこう) (hakusekkō)
• 陽春(ようしゅん)白雪(はくせつ) (Yōshun Hakusetsu)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
白	雪

Noun

白雪 • (baekseol or McCune-Reischauer: paeksŏl or Yale: paykqsel) (hangeul 백설)

1. hanja form^? of 백설 (“white snow”)

Proper noun

白雪 • (Baekseol or McCune-Reischauer: Paeksŏl or Yale: Paykqsel) (hangeul 백설)

1. hanja form^? of 백설 (“Snow White”)

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
白	雪

Proper noun

白雪

1. chữ Hán form of Bạch Tuyết (“Snow White”).