白銀

See also: 白银

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	silver; money
trad. (白銀)		白	銀
simp. (白银)		白	银
anagram		銀白／银白

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báiyín

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ ngan⁴ / baak⁶ ngan^4-2
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): pha̍k-ngiùn

  (Hailu, HRS): pag^ˋ ngiun

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ba⁷ ngyng²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pe̍h-gûn / pe̍h-gîn / pe̍eh-gîn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báiyín
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báiyín
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-yin²
    • Yale: bái-yín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairyn
    • Palladius: байинь (bajinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ in³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ ngan⁴ / baak⁶ ngan^4-2
    • Yale: baahk ngàhn / baahk ngán
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ ngan⁴ / baak⁹ ngan^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ ngen⁴ / bag⁶ ngen^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² ŋɐn²¹/, /paːk̚² ŋɐn²¹⁻³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pha̍k-ngiùn
    • Hakka Romanization System: pag ngiun^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pag⁶ ngiun²
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰak̚⁵ ŋi̯un¹¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: pag^ˋ ngiun
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰak² ŋiun⁵⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ba⁷ ngyng² [Phonetic: ba⁵ ngyng²]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ba̍h-ngṳ́ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pa¹³⁻¹¹ ŋyŋ¹³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ba⁷ ngyng² [Phonetic: ba⁵ ngyng²]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pa²⁴⁻²¹ ŋyŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-gûn
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍h-gûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peqguun
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ ɡun²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² ɡun²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ ɡun²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-gîn
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍h-gîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peqgiin
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ ɡin²³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍eh-gîn
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍eh-gîn
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɛ(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ ɡin¹³/

Note: “silver dollar”.

Noun

白銀

1. (colloquial) silver
2. (historical) silver money
3. (Hokkien) silver dollar

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 銀子 (“silver”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		銀
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		銀, 銀子, 白銀
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	銀子
	Taiwan	銀子
	Chifeng	銀子
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	銀子
	Harbin	銀子
	Shenyang	銀子, 白銀
	Singapore	銀
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	銀子
	Tangshan	銀子, 白銀
	Cangzhou	銀子
	Baoding	銀子
	Shijiazhuang	銀子
	Jinan	銀子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	銀子
	Qingdao	銀子
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	銀子
	Zhengzhou	銀子
	Xi'an	銀子, 白銀
	Dingbian	銀子
	Xining	銀子
	Xuzhou	銀子, 白銀
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	銀子
	Lanzhou	銀子, 白銀
	Ürümqi	銀子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	銀子
	Chongqing	銀子
	Wuhan	銀子, 白銀
	Guiyang	銀子
	Kunming	銀子, 白銀
	Guilin	銀子
	Guilin (Lingui)	銀子
	Liuzhou	銀子
	Liuzhou (Luorong)	銀子
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	銀子
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	銀子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	銀子, 白銀
	Yangzhou	銀子, 白銀
	Nantong	銀子
	Hefei	銀子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	銀
	Hong Kong	銀
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	銀
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	銀仔
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	銀
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	銀
	Macau	銀
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	銀
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	銀
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	銀
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	銀
	Foshan	銀
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	銀
	Foshan (Shunde)	銀
	Foshan (Sanshui)	銀
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	銀
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	銀
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	銀
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	銀
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	銀
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	銀
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	銀
	Taishan	銀
	Taishan (Guanghai)	銀
	Kaiping (Chikan)	銀
	Enping (Niujiang)	銀
	Heshan (Yayao)	銀仔
	Dongguan	銀
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	銀
	Yangjiang	銀
	Nanning	銀
	Yulin	銀
	Guiping	銀
	Guiping (Jintian)	銀
	Guiping (Jiangkou)	銀
	Guiping (Madong)	銀
	Mengshan (Xihe)	銀
	Guigang (Nanjiang)	銀
	Beiliu (Tangliao)	銀
	Baise	銀
	Bobai	銀
	Lingshan	銀
	Pubei	銀
	Qinzhou	銀
	Qinzhou (Changtan)	銀
	Qinzhou (Xiniujiao)	銀
	Beihai	銀
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	銀
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	銀
	Ningming	銀
	Hengzhou	銀
	Hezhou (Pumen, Babu)	銀子
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	銀
	Chongzuo (Laituan)	銀
	Fusui (Qujiu)	銀
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	銀
	Singapore (Guangfu)	銀
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	銀
	Móng Cái	銀
	Mandalay (Taishan)	銀
Gan	Nanchang	銀子
	Pingxiang	銀子
Hakka	Meixian	銀仔, 銀
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	銀
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	銀
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	銀
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	銀
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	銀
	Hong Kong	銀
	Beiliu (Tang'an)	銀
	Xingye (Gaofeng)	銀
	Mashan (Pianlian)	銀
	Pingle (Tong'an)	銀子
	Yangshuo (Jinbao)	銀
	Senai (Huiyang)	銀
Huizhou	Shexian	銀, 銀子
Jin	Taiyuan	銀子
	Xinzhou	銀子, 白銀
	Linhe	銀子
	Jining	銀子
	Liangcheng	銀子
	Hohhot	銀子
	Zhangjiakou	銀子
	Handan	銀子, 白銀
Northern Min	Jian'ou	銀
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	銀
Southern Min	Xiamen	銀
	Quanzhou	銀
	Jinjiang	銀
	Singapore (Hokkien)	銀
	Manila (Hokkien)	銀
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	銀
	Chaozhou	銀
	Bangkok (Teochew)	銀
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	銀
	Haikou	銀
	Singapore (Hainanese)	銀
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	銀
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	銀
	Nanning (Shajing)	銀
	Binyang	銀
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Chaoyang)	銀子
	Guilin (Zhuyuan)	銀子
	Guilin (Liutang, Lingui)	銀
	Lingchuan (Tanxia)	銀
	Yangshuo (Jima)	銀子
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	銀, 銀子
	Yuanling (Shaojiwan)	銀
	Luxi (Liangjiatan)	銀
	Chengbu (Xuntou)	銀子
Wu	Shanghai	銀子
	Suzhou	銀子
	Hangzhou	銀子
	Hangzhou (Fuyang)	銀子
	Ningbo	銀子, 銀
	Wenzhou	銀
Xiang	Changsha	銀子
	Loudi	銀子
	Shuangfeng	銀子
	Quanzhou	銀
	Guanyang (Wenshi)	銀子

• (silver dollar):

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• 光洋 (guan¹ ian²) (Xiang)
• 大拉斯 (⁶da-la-sy) (Wu, dated)
• 大洋 (dàyáng)
• 大銀 / 大银 (Hokkien)
• 洋銀 / 洋银
• 洋錢 / 洋钱 (yángqián) (colloquial)
• 現光洋 / 现光洋 (xienn⁵ guan¹ ian²) (Xiang)
• 現大洋 / 现大洋 (xiàndàyáng)
• 現洋 / 现洋 (xiànyáng)
• 花邊 / 花边 (huābiān) (dated)
• 花邊錢 / 花边钱 (huābiānqián) (dated)
• 銀元 / 银元 (yínyuán)
• 銀洋 / 银洋 (yínyáng) (dated)
• 銀洋鈿 / 银洋钿 (⁶gnin-yan-di) (Wu)

Proper noun

白銀

1. (～市) Baiyin (a prefecture-level city of Gansu, China)
2. (～區) Baiyin (a district of Baiyin City in Gansu, China)

Further reading

• “白銀”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.
• “白銀”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2026.
• 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long]; 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu]; 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying]; 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019), 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 32.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
白	銀
はく Grade: 1	ぎん Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) はくぎん [hàkúgíń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ha̠kɯ̟ɡʲĩɴ]

Noun

白(はく)銀(ぎん) • (hakugin) 

1. silver
2. (figurative) snow

References

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