白紙黑字

Chinese

		blank sheet of paper	black; dark; Heilongjiang Province (abbrev.)	letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word
trad. (白紙黑字)		白紙	黑	字
simp. (白纸黑字)		白纸	黑	字

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báizhǐhēizì

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄓˇ ㄏㄟ ㄗˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ zi² hak¹ zi⁶ / baak⁶ zi² haak¹ zi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báizhǐhēizì
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄓˇ ㄏㄟ ㄗˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báijhǐhheizìh
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-chih³-hei¹-tzŭ⁴
    • Yale: bái-jř-hēi-dz̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairjyyheitzyh
    • Palladius: байчжихэйцзы (bajčžixɛjczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ xeɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báizhǐhēizìr
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄓˇ ㄏㄟ ㄗˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báijhǐhheizìhr
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-chih³-hei¹-tzŭ⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: bái-jř-hēi-dzìr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairjyyheitzell
    • Palladius: байчжихэйцзыр (bajčžixɛjczyr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ xeɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡sz̩ɻ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ zi² hak¹ zi⁶ / baak⁶ zi² haak¹ zi⁶
    • Yale: baahk jí hāk jih / baahk jí hāak jih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ dzi² hak⁷ dzi⁶ / baak⁹ dzi² haak⁷ dzi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ ji² heg¹ ji⁶ / bag⁶ ji² hag¹ ji⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² t͡siː³⁵ hɐk̚⁵ t͡siː²²/, /paːk̚² t͡siː³⁵ haːk̚⁵ t͡siː²²/

Idiom

白紙黑字

1. (written) in black and white

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 白紙黑字 (“in black and white”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		白紙黑字
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	白紙黑字兒
	Taiwan	白紙黑字
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	白紙黑字兒
Cantonese	Hong Kong	白紙黑字
Hakka	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	白紙烏字
Southern Min	Xiamen	白紙烏字, 白紙寫烏字
	Quanzhou	白紙寫烏字
	Zhangzhou	白紙寫烏字
	Tainan	白紙寫烏字
Puxian Min	Putian	白紙烏字