白玉

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báiyù

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ juk⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pha̍k-ngiu̍k
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pe̍h-ge̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báiyù
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báiyù
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-yü⁴
    • Yale: bái-yù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairyuh
    • Palladius: байюй (bajjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ y⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ juk⁶
    • Yale: baahk yuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ juk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ yug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² jʊk̚²/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 白玉 白肉

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pha̍k-ngiu̍k
    • Hakka Romanization System: pag ngiug
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pag⁶ ngiug⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰak̚⁵ ŋi̯uk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-ge̍k
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍h-gi̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peqgek
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ ɡiɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² ɡiɪk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pe(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ ɡiɪk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ ɡiɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ ɡiɪk̚⁴/

Etymology 1

Noun

白玉

1. white jade

Derived terms

• 漢白玉／汉白玉 (hànbáiyù)
• 白玉微瑕
• 白玉微疵
• 白玉有瑕
• 白玉樓／白玉楼 (báiyùlóu)
• 白玉無瑕／白玉无瑕

 

Etymology 2

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

Proper noun

白玉

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

Japanese

Etymology 1

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

白(しら) (shira, “white”) + 玉(たま) (tama, “ball; gem”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕiɾa̠ta̠ma̠]

Noun

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

白(しら)玉(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)のわが子(こ)

   shiratama no wagako

   this precious child of ours

4. abbreviation of 白玉椿 (shiratamatsubaki, “white camellia”)

Etymology 2

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

白(はく) (haku, “white”) + 玉(ぎょく) (gyoku, “gem”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ha̠kɯ̟ɡʲo̞kɯ̟]

Noun

白(はく)玉(ぎょく) • (hakugyoku) 

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

See also

• 白玉 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja

References

• “白玉”, in 日本国語大辞典‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006