白事

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
simp. and trad. (白事)		白	事

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báishì

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ si⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báishì
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báishìh
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-shih⁴
    • Yale: bái-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairshyh
    • Palladius: байши (bajši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báishìr
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄕˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báishìhr
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-shih⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: bái-shìr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairshell
    • Palladius: байшир (bajšir)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ ʂʐ̩ɻ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ si⁶
    • Yale: baahk sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² siː²²/

Noun

白事

1. funeral; funeral arrangements

Synonyms

• 喪事／丧事 (sāngshì)
• (Hakka) 白好事

Derived terms

• 落白事

 

See also

• 紅事 / 红事 (hóngshì)

Verb

白事

1. (literary) to explain