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too (much); very; extremely
too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest
 
white; empty; blank
white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
simp. and trad.
(太白)
 
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Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (6) (3)
Final () (25) (113)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I II
Fanqie
Baxter thajH baek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/tʰɑiH/ /bˠæk̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/tʰɑiH/ /bᵚak̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/tʰɑiH/ /bak̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/tʰajH/ /baɨjk̚/
Li
Rong
/tʰɑiH/ /bɐk̚/
Wang
Li
/tʰɑiH/ /bɐk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/tʰɑiH/ /bʱɐk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
tài
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
taai3 bak6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
tài bái
Middle
Chinese
‹ thajH › ‹ bæk ›
Old
Chinese
/*l̥ˁa[t]-s/ /*bˁrak/
English great white

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
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 1937 207
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*tʰaːds/ /*braːɡ/

Proper noun edit

太白

  1. (historical astronomy) Venus (second planet in our solar system)
  2. (historical) Alternative name for (“Li Bai”).
  3. () Taebaek (a city in South Korea)
  4. () Taibai (a county of Baoji, Shaanxi, China)
  5. () Taihaku (a ward of Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan)
  6. () Mount Taibai

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