白口

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)
simp. and trad. (白口)		白	口
anagram		口白

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báikǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄎㄡˇ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pe̍h-kháu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báikǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄎㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báikǒu
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-kʻou³
    • Yale: bái-kǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairkoou
    • Palladius: байкоу (bajkou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báikǒur
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄎㄡˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báikǒur
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-kʻou³-ʼrh
    • Yale: bái-kǒur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairkooul
    • Palladius: байкоур (bajkour)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ kʰɤʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Note: báikǒur - “spoken parts”.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-kháu
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍h-kháu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peqqao
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ kʰau⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² kʰau⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pe(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ kʰau⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ kʰau⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ kʰau⁴¹/

Noun

白口

1. white fore-edge (book design)
2. (opera) spoken parts

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “white fore-edge”): 黑口 (hēikǒu)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
白	口
しろ Grade: 1	くち > ぐち Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
白愚痴 白久智

白口 (shiroguchi) for sale in a market

Etymology

Possibly a compound of 白(しろ) (shiro, “white”) + 口(くち) (kuchi, “mouth”). The kuchi changes to guchi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Possibly from 白(しろ) (shiro, “white”) + 愚(ぐ)痴(ち) (guchi, “complaint, grumbling”), referring to the resemblance of the sound produced by their inflated swim bladders to a person complaining.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕiɾo̞ɡɯ̟t͡ɕi]

Noun

白(しろ)口(ぐち) or 白口(シログチ) • (shiroguchi) 

1. Pennahia argentata: white croaker, silver croaker, silver jewfish

   Synonyms: グチ (guchi), 石持 (ishimochi)

Usage notes

• As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as シログチ.