白雪

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	snow
trad. (白雪)		白	雪
simp. #(白雪)		白	雪
anagram		雪白

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báixuě

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄒㄩㄝˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ syut³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báixuě
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄒㄩㄝˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báisyuě
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-hsüeh³
    • Yale: bái-sywě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairsheue
    • Palladius: байсюэ (bajsjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ syut³
    • Yale: baahk syut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ syt⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ xud³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² syːt̚³/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 白說／白说 白雪

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• Middle Chinese: baek sjwet

Rime
Character	白	雪
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	陌 (113)	薛 (82)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	II	III
Fanqie	傍陌切	相絕切
Baxter	baek	sjwet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bˠæk̚/	/siuᴇt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/bᵚak̚/	/sʷiɛt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/bak̚/	/sjuæt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/baɨjk̚/	/swiat̚/
Li Rong	/bɐk̚/	/siuɛt̚/
Wang Li	/bɐk̚/	/sĭuɛt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱɐk̚/	/si̯wɛt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bó	xue
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bak6	syut3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*bˤrak  [s]ot/

  (Zhengzhang): /*braːɡ  sqʰʷed/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	白	雪
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bái	xuě
Middle Chinese	‹ bæk ›	‹ sjwet ›
Old Chinese	/*bˁrak/	/*[s]ot/
English	white	snow
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	白	雪
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	207	5477
Phonetic component	白	彗
Rime group	鐸	月
Rime subdivision	0	2
Corresponding MC rime	白	雪
Old Chinese	/*braːɡ/	/*sqʰʷed/

Noun

白雪

1. white snow

Derived terms

• 白雪公主 (Báixuě Gōngzhǔ)
• 白雪曲
• 白雪歌
• 白雪皚皚／白雪皑皑 (báixuě'ái'ái)
• 白雪遺音／白雪遗音
• 白雪陽春／白雪阳春
• 白雪黃芽／白雪黄芽
• 陽春白雪／阳春白雪 (yángchūnbáixuě)

 

Japanese

Etymology 1

白雪 (Shirayuki): Snow White and the seven dwarfs.

Kanji in this term
白	雪
しら Grade: 1	ゆき Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Compound of 白 (shira, “white”) +‎ 雪 (yuki, “snow”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しらゆき [shìráꜜyùkì] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ɕiɾa̠jɯ̟kʲi]

Noun

白(しら)雪(ゆき) • (shirayuki) 

1. (literal) white snow
   • 905, Kokin Wakashū (book 6, poem 332; also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 31)

     朝(あさ)ぼらけ有明(ありあけ)の月(つき)と見(み)るまでに吉(よし)野(の)の里(さと)に降(ふ)れる白雪(しらゆき)

     asaborake ariake no tsuki to miru made ni Yoshino-no-sato ni fureru shirayuki

     As it dawns, I almost take for daybreak moon the white snow fallen in Yoshino Village.

Derived terms

• 白雪沢(しらゆきざわ) (Shirayukizawa)
• 白雪橋(しらゆきばし) (Shirayukibashi)
• 白雪(しらゆき)姫(ひめ) (Shirayuki-hime)

Proper noun

白(しら)雪(ゆき) • (Shirayuki) 

1. Snow White
2. a female given name
3. a surname

Usage notes

The character name is generally always followed by a suffix, such as さん (san) or 姫 (hime, “princess”).

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
白	雪
はく Grade: 1	せつ Grade: 2
kan'on

From Middle Chinese 白雪 (MC baek sjwet, literally “white + snow”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) はくせつ [hàkúsétsú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ha̠kɯ̟̊se̞t͡sɨ]

Noun

白(はく)雪(せつ) • (hakusetsu) 

1. (literal) white snow

Derived terms

• 白雪(はくせつ)糕(こう) (hakusetsu-kō), 白(はく)雪糕(せっこう) (hakusekkō)
• 陽春(ようしゅん)白雪(はくせつ) (Yōshun Hakusetsu)

Korean

Hanja in this term
白	雪

Noun

白雪 • (baekseol or McCune-Reischauer: paeksŏl or Yale: paykqsel) (hangeul 백설)

1. hanja form^? of 백설 (“white snow”)

Proper noun

白雪 • (Baekseol or McCune-Reischauer: Paeksŏl or Yale: Paykqsel) (hangeul 백설)

1. hanja form^? of 백설 (“Snow White”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
白	雪

Proper noun

白雪

1. chữ Hán form of Bạch Tuyết (“Snow White”).