太白

Chinese

		too (much); very; extremely too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest	white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
simp. and trad. (太白)		太	白

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Tàibái

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˋ ㄅㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taai³ baak⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thài-pe̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Tàibái
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˋ ㄅㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Tàibái
    • Wade–Giles: Tʻai⁴-pai²
    • Yale: Tài-bái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Taybair
    • Palladius: Тайбай (Tajbaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ paɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taai³ baak⁶
    • Yale: taai baahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taai³ baak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tai³ bag⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːi̯³³ paːk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thài-pe̍k
    • Tâi-lô: thài-pi̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tae'pek
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ piɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ piɪk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ piɪk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰai¹¹⁻⁵³ piɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰai²¹⁻⁴¹ piɪk̚⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: thajH baek

Rime
Character	太	白
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	透 (6)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	泰 (25)	陌 (113)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	II
Fanqie	他蓋切	傍陌切
Baxter	thajH	baek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰɑiH/	/bˠæk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰɑiH/	/bᵚak̚/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰɑiH/	/bak̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰajH/	/baɨjk̚/
Li Rong	/tʰɑiH/	/bɐk̚/
Wang Li	/tʰɑiH/	/bɐk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tʰɑiH/	/bʱɐk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tài	bó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	taai3	bak6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*l̥ˤa[t]-s  bˤrak/

  (Zhengzhang): /*tʰaːds  braːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	太	白
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	tài	bái
Middle Chinese	‹ thajH ›	‹ bæk ›
Old Chinese	/*l̥ˁa[t]-s/	/*bˁrak/
English	great	white
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	太	白
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	1937	207
Phonetic component	大	白
Rime group	祭	鐸
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	泰	白
Old Chinese	/*tʰaːds/	/*braːɡ/

Proper noun

太白

1. (historical astronomy) Venus (second planet in our solar system)
2. (historical) Alternative name for 李白 (“Li Bai”).
3. (～市) Taebaek (a city in South Korea)
4. (～縣) Taibai (a county of Baoji, Shaanxi, China)
5. (～區) Taihaku (a ward of Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan)
6. (～山) Mount Taibai

Synonyms

• (Venus): 金星 (Jīnxīng)
• (Venus): 太白星 (Tàibáixīng)

Derived terms

• 太白星 (Tàibáixīng)