白髮

See also: 白髪

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	hair
trad. (白髮)		白	髮
simp. (白发)		白	发

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báifà, báifǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄈㄚˋ, ㄅㄞˊ ㄈㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ faat³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pe̍h-hoat
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵baq-faq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báifà
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄈㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báifà
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-fa⁴
    • Yale: bái-fà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairfah
    • Palladius: байфа (bajfa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ fä⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báifǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄈㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báifǎ
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-fa³
    • Yale: bái-fǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairfaa
    • Palladius: байфа (bajfa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ faat³
    • Yale: baahk faat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ faat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ fad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² faːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-hoat
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍h-huat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peqhoad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² huat̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pe(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ huat̚³²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵baq-faq
    • MiniDict: bah^去 fah
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²baq-faq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /baʔ³³ faʔ⁴⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 白髮

1. white hair

   滿頭白髮／满头白发  ―  mǎntóu báifà  ―  hoary-haired

2. (figurative, by synecdoche) elderly; senior

Coordinate terms

• 黑髮／黑发 (hēifà)
• 紅髮／红发 (hóngfà)
• 金髮／金发 (jīnfà)

Derived terms

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