白袍

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	gown (lined)
simp. and trad. (白袍)		白	袍

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báipáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄆㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ pou⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báipáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄆㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báipáo
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-pʻao²
    • Yale: bái-páu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairpaur
    • Palladius: байпао (bajpao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ pʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ pou⁴
    • Yale: baahk pòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ pou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ pou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² pʰou̯²¹/

Noun

白袍

1. (literary, historical, figurative) scholar who went for the civil service examination
2. (chiefly Hong Kong, Taiwan) white coat

Derived terms

• 白袍軍 / 白袍军