辯白

Chinese

		dispute; debate; argue dispute; debate; argue; discuss	white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
trad. (辯白)		辯	白
simp. (辩白)		辩	白
alternative forms		辨白

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): biànbái

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄅㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bin⁶ baak⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): piǎn-pia̍k / piān-pe̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biànbái
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄅㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: biànbái
    • Wade–Giles: pien⁴-pai²
    • Yale: byàn-bái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biannbair
    • Palladius: бяньбай (bjanʹbaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn⁵¹ paɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bin⁶ baak⁶
    • Yale: bihn baahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bin⁶ baak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bin⁶ bag⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːn²² paːk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piǎn-pia̍k
    • Tâi-lô: piǎn-pia̍k
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /piɛn²² piak̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piān-pe̍k
    • Tâi-lô: piān-pi̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: piexnpek
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɛn³³⁻²¹ piɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɛn²²⁻²¹ piɪk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /piɛn³³⁻¹¹ piɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /piɛn²²⁻²¹ piɪk̚⁴/

Verb

辯白

1. to offer an explanation; to plead innocence; to try to defend oneself

Synonyms

• 分說／分说 (fēnshuō) (literary)
• 分辯／分辩 (fēnbiàn)
• 力爭／力争 (lìzhēng)
• 反駁／反驳 (fǎnbó)
• 急聒 (jíguō) (literary)
• 扳 (literary, or in compounds)
• 批駁／批驳 (pībó)
• 爭執／争执 (zhēngzhí)
• 爭持／争持 (zhēngchí)
• 爭論／争论 (zhēnglùn)
• 爭議／争议 (zhēngyì)
• 爭辯／争辩 (zhēngbiàn)
• 理論／理论 (lǐlùn)
• 痛斥 (tòngchì) (as a denouncement)
• 盤喙錦／盘喙锦 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 盤話／盘话
• 相拗 (Hakka)
• 相諍／相诤 (Hokkien)
• 相諍相拁／相诤相拁 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 紛爭／纷争 (fēnzhēng)
• 聲辯／声辩 (shēngbiàn)
• 計較／计较
• 諍喙／诤喙 (Hokkien)
• 論戰／论战 (lùnzhàn)
• 論爭／论争 (lùnzhēng)
• 較量／较量 (jiàoliàng)
• 辯嘴／辩嘴 (bìng-cṳ̌) (Northern Min)
• 辯解／辩解 (biànjiě) (to try to defend oneself)
• 辯論／辩论 (biànlùn)
• 辯護／辩护 (biànhù)
• 辯駁／辩驳 (biànbó)
• 駁斥／驳斥 (bóchì) (as a denouncement)
• 駁議／驳议 (bóyì) (literary)