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白紙

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See also: 白纸

Chinese

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white; empty; blank
white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
 
paper
trad. (白紙)
simp. (白纸)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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白紙

  1. blank sheet of paper (Classifier: m c)
  2. (figurative) one with no prior experience (in life, dating, expertise, etc.) (Classifier: m)
    大學畢業生白紙 [MSC, trad.]
    大学毕业生白纸 [MSC, simp.]
    Měi ge dàxué bìyèshēng dōu shì yī zhāng báizhǐ. [Pinyin]
    Every university graduate has no work experience.
  3. (archaic) money burnt for the dead
  4. (Eastern Min) obituary

Synonyms

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
はく
Grade: 1

Grade: 2
on'yomi
Kanji in this term
しら
Grade: 1
かみ
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Etymology

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Compound of (はく) (haku, white) + () (shi, paper).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(はく)() or (しら)(かみ) (hakushi or shirakami

  1. white paper
  2. blank paper
    (もん)(だい)(いち)(もん)()けなかったので、(かい)(とう)(よう)()(はく)()()した。
    Mondai ga ichimon mo tokenakatta node, kaitō yōshi o hakushi de dashita.
    I couldn't solve even one question, so I submitted my answer sheet blank.
  3. (figuratively) undecided status
    • 2020 February 12, “(はし)るSL(てん)()(けい)(かく)(はく)()に ()()()()()(がく)(かん)()(かい)(はん)(ぱつ)”, in (あさ)()(しん)(ぶん)[1]:
      ()()()()()(がく)(かん)(なか)())が()(ゆう)する(じょう)()()(かん)(しゃ)S(エス)L(エル))を(しき)()(ない)(そう)(こう)(てん)()する(けい)(かく)について、()(きょう)(いく)()(いん)(かい)(はく)()(もど)(ほう)(しん)(あき)らかにした。
      Nagoya-shi Kagakukan (Naka-ku) ga hoyū suru jōki kikansha (esueru) o shikichinai de sōkō tenji suru keikaku ni tsuite, Shi Kyōiku Īnkai wa hakushi ni modosu hōshin o akiraka ni shita.
      With regards to the plan that the steam locomotive (SL) owned by Nagoya City Science Museum (located in Naka ward) is dynamically preserved in their site, the City Board of Education revealed the idea of cancelling it (returning it to a blank slate).

Derived terms

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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白紙 (baekji) (hangeul 백지)

  1. hanja form? of 백지 (white paper; blank sheet of paper; square one; blank slate, tabula rasa)