白衣

Chinese

		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)		白	衣

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): báiyī

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ ji¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pha̍k-yî
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pe̍h-i / pe̍eh-i
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸baq-i

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: báiyī
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: báiyi
  - Wade–Giles: pai²-i¹
  - Yale: bái-yī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairi
  - Palladius: байи (baji)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ i⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: baak⁶ ji¹
  - Yale: baahk yī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ ji¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ yi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² jiː⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pha̍k-yî
  - Hakka Romanization System: pag i^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: pag⁶ yi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰak̚⁵ i²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pha̍k-yî
  - Hakka Romanization System: pag (r)i^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: pag⁶ yi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰak̚⁵ (j)i²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-i
  - Tâi-lô: pe̍h-i
  - Phofsit Daibuun: peq'y
  - IPA (Taipei): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ i⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ i⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² i³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍eh-i
  - Tâi-lô: pe̍eh-i
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɛ(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ i⁴⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁸baq-i
  - MiniDict: bah^入 i
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵baq-i
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /baʔ¹¹ i²³/

Noun

白衣

white clothes; white robe, dress or coat
(historical) fameless person; commoner
(historical) servant
(Buddhism) layperson (a non-monastic Buddhist)
- 貪著利養故，與白衣說法，為世所恭敬，如六通羅漢。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  贪着利养故，与白衣说法，为世所恭敬，如六通罗汉。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 妙法蓮華經
  Tān zhù lì yǎng gù, yǔ báiyī shuōfǎ, wèi shì suǒ gōngjìng, rú liùtōng luóhàn. [Pinyin]
  Greedy for profit and support, they speak the dharma for laypeople. They are respected by the world, just as arhats who possess the six powers.

Synonyms

(fameless person):

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一般人 (yībānrén)
世人 (shìrén)
世間人 / 世间人 (Hokkien)
人士 (rénshì) (literary)
人民 (rénmín)
人群 (rénqún)
人萌 (rénméng) (literary)
俗人 (súrén)
俗子 (súzǐ) (literary)
𫣆人 (Hakka)
兆民 (zhàomín) (archaic)
公眾 / 公众 (gōngzhòng)
凡人 (fánrén)
凡夫 (fánfū) (literary)
匹夫 (pǐfū) (literary)
四眾人 / 四众人 (si³ zing³ nang⁵) (Teochew)
士人 (shìrén) (archaic)
大眾 / 大众 (dàzhòng)
子民 (zǐmín) (historical)
家人 (jiārén) (archaic)
布衣 (bùyī) (historical)
常人 (chángrén)
平人 (píngrén) (literary)
平常人 (píngchángrén)
平民 (píngmín)
庶人 (shùrén) (literary)
庶民 (shùmín) (literary)
斯人 (sīrén) (Classical Chinese)
普通人 (pǔtōngrén)
民人 (mínrén) (literary)
民眾 / 民众 (mínzhòng)
烝民 (zhēngmín) (literary)
烝黎 (zhēnglí) (Classical Chinese)
白衣人 (báiyīrén) (historical)
白身 (báishēn) (archaic)
白身人 (báishēnrén) (archaic)
百姓
眾人 / 众人 (zhòngrén) (literary)
萬姓 / 万姓 (wànxìng) (archaic)
群眾 / 群众 (qúnzhòng)
老百姓 (lǎobǎixìng)
良人 (liángrén) (literary)
草民 (cǎomín) (the worthless ordinary people)
草菅 (cǎojiān) (Classical Chinese, figurative)
草野 (cǎoyě) (literary, figurative)
萌 (literary)
野人 (yěrén) (archaic)
黎庶 (líshù) (literary)
黎民 (límín) (literary)
黎首 (líshǒu) (archaic)
黔首 (qiánshǒu) (archaic)
黔黎 (archaic)

Adjective

白衣

(figuratively, attributive) of the medical profession

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
白	衣
はく Grade: 1	い Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) はくい [háꜜkùì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ha̠kɯ̟i]

Noun

白(はく)衣(い) • (hakui)

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

References

^ 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

[NHK-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

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