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白玉

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Chinese

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white; empty; blank
white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
 
jade
simp. and trad.
(白玉)
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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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白玉

  1. white jade
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Phono-semantic matching of Tibetan དཔལ་ཡུལ (dpal yul).

Proper noun

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白玉

  1. () Baiyu County (a county of Sichuan, China)

Japanese

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
しら
Grade: 1
たま
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

(しら) (shira, white) + (たま) (tama, ball; gem)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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白玉みつまめ (shiratama mitsumame): rice flour dumplings, red beans and fruit atop clear jelly

(しら)(たま) (shiratama

  1. white gem, such as a pearl
  2. rice flour dumpling
  3. (figurative) an especially dear person
    白玉(しらたま)のわが()
    shiratama no wagako
    this precious child of ours
  4. abbreviation of 白玉椿 (shiratamatsubaki, white camellia)

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
はく
Grade: 1
ぎょく
Grade: 1
kan'on

(はく) (haku, white) + (ぎょく) (gyoku, gem)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ha̠kɯ̟ɡʲo̞kɯ̟]

Noun

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(はく)(ぎょく) (hakugyoku

  1. a white colored gem; (especially) a white pearl

See also

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