白臉

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	face
trad. (白臉)		白	臉
simp. (白脸)		白	脸

白臉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báiliǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄌㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ lim⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báiliǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄌㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báiliǎn
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-lien³
    • Yale: bái-lyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairlean
    • Palladius: байлянь (bajljanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ li̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báiliǎnr
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄌㄧㄢˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báiliǎnr
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-lien³-ʼrh
    • Yale: bái-lyǎnr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairleal
    • Palladius: байляньр (bajljanʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ li̯ɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ lim⁵
    • Yale: baahk líhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ lim⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ lim⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² liːm¹³/

Noun

白臉

1. (literally) white face
2. white face (face painting in Beijing opera, etc., traditionally for the villain)

Derived terms

• 一個紅臉一個白臉 / 一个红脸一个白脸
• 唱白臉 / 唱白脸 (chàng báiliǎn)
• 唱紅白臉 / 唱红白脸
• 大團白臉 / 大团白脸
• 大白臉 / 大白脸
• 小白臉 / 小白脸 (xiǎobáiliǎn)
• 急赤白臉 / 急赤白脸
• 扮白臉 / 扮白脸
• 白臉兒 / 白脸儿