白面書生

Chinese

		pale face; female prostitute	scholar; intellectual; pedantic scholar
trad. (白面書生)		白面	書生
simp. (白面书生)		白面	书生
Literally: “pale-faced scholar”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báimiànshūshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄨ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ min⁶ syu¹ sang¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): bĕk-miêng-cṳ̆-sĕng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pe̍k-bīn-su-seng / pe̍h-bīn-su-seng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báimiànshūshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄨ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báimiànshusheng
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-mien⁴-shu¹-shêng¹
    • Yale: bái-myàn-shū-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairmiannshusheng
    • Palladius: баймяньшушэн (bajmjanʹšušɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ mi̯ɛn⁵¹ ʂu⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ min⁶ syu¹ sang¹
    • Yale: baahk mihn syū sāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ min⁶ sy¹ sang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ min⁶ xu¹ seng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² miːn²² syː⁵⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: bĕk-miêng-cṳ̆-sĕng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɛiʔ⁵⁻²¹ mieŋ²⁴²⁽⁻²¹⁾ ^(t͡s-)ʒy⁵⁵ ^(s-)lɛiŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍k-bīn-su-seng
    • Tâi-lô: pi̍k-bīn-su-sing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pegbixnsusefng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɪk̚⁴⁻³² bin³³⁻²¹ su⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /piɪk̚⁴⁻³² bin³³⁻¹¹ su⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-bīn-su-seng
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍h-bīn-su-sing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peqbixnsusefng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ bin³³⁻²¹ su⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ bin³³⁻¹¹ su⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪŋ⁴⁴/

Idiom

白面書生

1. young scholar who is well-versed in academic theories but lacks real-life experience; young and inexperienced person without practical experience