白紙草案

Chinese

		blank sheet of paper	draft
trad. (白紙草案)		白紙	草案
simp. (白纸草案)		白纸	草案
Literally: “white paper bill”.

Etymology

Draft bills are printed and gazetted on white paper, as opposed to bills officially submitted to the Legislative Council that are printed on blue paper.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báizhǐ cǎo'àn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄓˇ ㄘㄠˇ ㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ zi² cou² on³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báizhǐ cǎo'àn [Phonetic: báizhícǎoàn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄓˇ ㄘㄠˇ ㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báijhǐh cǎo-àn
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-chih³ tsʻao³-an⁴
    • Yale: bái-jř tsǎu-àn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairjyy tsaoann
    • Palladius: байчжи цаоань (bajčži caoanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ zi² cou² on³
    • Yale: baahk jí chóu on
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ dzi² tsou² on³
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ ji² cou² on³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² t͡siː³⁵ t͡sʰou̯³⁵ ɔːn³³/

Noun

白紙草案

1. (HK politics) draft bill; a bill that is released to solicit public opinions.