白匪

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	bandit; not
trad. (白匪)		白	匪
simp. #(白匪)		白	匪
Literally: “white bandits”.

Etymology

Its use as a reference to the Kuomintang stems from a comparison of the Kuomintang to the White movement in Russia during the Russian Civil War, as well as white being one of the main colours of the Kuomintang. It also connects to the term white terror, which refers to coordinated violence carried out against socialists or communists, by nationalist or fascist organisations.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báifěi

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄈㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ fei²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báifěi
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄈㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báifěi
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-fei³
    • Yale: bái-fěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairfeei
    • Palladius: байфэй (bajfɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ feɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ fei²
    • Yale: baahk féi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ fei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ féi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² fei̯³⁵/

Noun

白匪

1. (communism, derogatory) White bandits (anti-Communist forces; in China particularly the KMT)
   1. (specific, communism, derogatory) the Kuomintang

      Antonyms: 共匪 (gòngfěi), 赤匪 (chìfěi), 毛匪 (Máofěi)

2. (communism, derogatory, historical) White Army
   • 1920, “White Army, Black Baron”, Pavel Grigorevich Gorinshtejn, translated by Xue Fan (lyrics), Samuil Pokrass (music):

     白匪軍是一群黑烏鴉 [MSC, trad.]
     白匪军是一群黑乌鸦 [MSC, simp.]

     báifěi jūn shì yīqún hēi wūyā [Pinyin]

     The White Army is a group of black crows

See also

• 赤匪 (chìfěi)
• 共匪 (gòngfěi)