白衣

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Chinese

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white; empty; blank
white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
 
gown; clothes; to dress
gown; clothes; to dress; to wear
 
simp. and trad.
(白衣)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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白衣

  1. white clothes; white robe, dress or coat
  2. (historical) fameless person; commoner
  3. (historical) servant
  4. (Buddhism) layperson (a non-monastic Buddhist)

Synonyms

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  • (fameless person):
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Adjective

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白衣

  1. (figuratively, attributive) of the medical profession

Derived terms

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
はく
Grade: 1

Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(はく)() (hakui

  1. white coat
    医者(いしゃ)さんは白衣(はくい)()る。
    O-isha-san wa hakui o kiru.
    Doctors wear white coats.

References

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  1. ^ 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