白堊

See also: 白垩 and 白亜

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	to whitewash; to plaster
trad. (白堊)		白	堊
simp. (白垩)		白	垩

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bái'è

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ ok³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bái'è
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bái-è
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-o⁴
    • Yale: bái-è
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baireh
    • Palladius: байэ (bajɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ ˀɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ ok³
    • Yale: baahk ok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ ok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ og³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² ɔːk̚³/

Noun

白堊

1. chalk (the stone)

Synonyms

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• 白善 (báishàn) (literary)
• 白善塗 / 白善涂 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 白土 (báitǔ) (literary)
• 白土子 (báitǔzi) (regional)
• 白土粉 (báitǔfěn) (regional)
• 白埴土 (báizhítǔ) (literary)
• 白墠 / 白𫮃 (báishàn) (literary)
• 白墡 (báishàn) (literary)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
白	堊
はく Grade: 1	あ Hyōgai
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 白堊 – see the following entry.

【白亜はくあ】 [noun] chalk, soft white powdery limestone

(This term, 白堊, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

• “白^▲堊”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
白	堊

Noun

白堊 • (baegak) (hangeul 백악)

1. hanja form^? of 백악 (“chalk, chalkstone”)