白露

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	to show; to reveal; to expose to show; to reveal; to expose; dew
trad. (白露)		白	露
simp. #(白露)		白	露
anagram		露白

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báilù

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄌㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ lou⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pe̍h-lō͘ / pe̍k-lō͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bêh⁸ lou⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báilù
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄌㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báilù
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-lu⁴
    • Yale: bái-lù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairluh
    • Palladius: байлу (bajlu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ lu⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 白露 白鷺／白鹭 白鹿

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ lou⁶
    • Yale: baahk louh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ lou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ lou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² lou̯²²/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 白露 白鷺／白鹭

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-lō͘
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍h-lōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peqlo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ lɔ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ lɔ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ lɔ³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² lɔ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍k-lō͘
    • Tâi-lô: pi̍k-lōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peglo
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ lɔ²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bêh⁸ lou⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pe̍h lōu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peʔ⁴⁻² lou¹¹/

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• Middle Chinese: baek luH

Rime
Character	白	露
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	陌 (113)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	I
Fanqie	傍陌切	洛故切
Baxter	baek	luH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bˠæk̚/	/luoH/
Pan Wuyun	/bᵚak̚/	/luoH/
Shao Rongfen	/bak̚/	/loH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/baɨjk̚/	/lɔH/
Li Rong	/bɐk̚/	/loH/
Wang Li	/bɐk̚/	/luH/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱɐk̚/	/luoH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bó	lù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bak6	lou6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*bˤrak  p.rˤak-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*braːɡ  ɡ·raːɡs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	白	露
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bái	lù
Middle Chinese	‹ bæk ›	‹ luH ›
Old Chinese	/*bˁrak/	/*p.rˁak-s/
English	white	dew; disclose
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	白	露
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	207	3860
Phonetic component	白	各
Rime group	鐸	暮
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	白	路
Old Chinese	/*braːɡ/	/*ɡ·raːɡs/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 白露

1. dew in autumn

   蒹葭蒼蒼，白露為霜。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
   蒹葭苍苍，白露为霜。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

   From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

   Jiānjiā cāngcāng, báilù wèi shuāng. [Pinyin]

   The reeds and rushes are deeply green, And the white dew is turned into hoarfrost.

2. a kind of tea

Verb

白露

1. to express, to reveal

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 白露

1. A solar term around 8 September, traditionally heralding cold weather across China
2. (archaic) Peru
3. (～村) Bailu (a village in Xinshi, Zaoyang, Xiangyang, Hubei, China)

Related terms

• 秘魯／秘鲁 (Bìlǔ) (the modern name for Peru)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (白露):

• → Japanese: 白露(はくろ) (hakuro)
• → Korean: 백로(白露) (baengno)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
白	露
はく Grade: 1	ろ Grade: S
on'yomi

Proper noun

白(はく)露(ろ) • (Hakuro) 

1. A solar term around 8 September, traditionally heralding cold weather across China

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
白	露
しら Grade: 1	つゆ Grade: S
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕiɾa̠t͡sɨᵝjɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

白(しら)露(つゆ) • (shiratsuyu) 

1. white dew (clarification of this definition is needed)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
白	露
はく Grade: 1	ろ Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ha̠kɯ̟ᵝɾo̞]

Proper noun

白露(はくロ) • (Hakuro) 

1. (very rare) Short for 白ロシア (“Belarus”).

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
白	露

Proper noun

白露

1. chữ Hán form of bạch lộ (“A solar term around 8 September, traditionally heralding cold weather across China”).