拆白

Chinese

		to tear open; to tear down; to tear apart to tear open; to tear down; to tear apart; to open	white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
trad. (拆白)		拆	白
simp. #(拆白)		拆	白

Etymology

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Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chāibái

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄞ ㄅㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caak³ baak⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chāibái
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄞ ㄅㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chaibái
    • Wade–Giles: chʻai¹-pai²
    • Yale: chāi-bái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chaibair
    • Palladius: чайбай (čajbaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ paɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caak³ baak⁶
    • Yale: chaak baahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaak⁸ baak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cag³ bag⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːk̚³ paːk̚²/

Verb

拆白

1. (dialectal) to scam; to defraud; to con; to swindle

Synonyms

• 作假 (zuòjiǎ)
• 作偽／作伪 (zuòwěi)
• 使手路 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 創戇／创戆 (Hokkien)
• 創戇仔／创戆仔 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 哄騙／哄骗 (hǒngpiàn)
• 壅蔽 (yōngbì) (literary)
• 打哄 (da³ hong³) (Xiang)
• 拐騙／拐骗 (guǎipiàn)
• 日哄 (reh⁴ hung²) (Jin)
• 梟人／枭人 (Hakka)
• 欺瞞／欺瞒 (qīmán)
• 欺詐／欺诈 (qīzhà)
• 欺騙／欺骗 (qīpiàn)
• 瞞／瞒 (mán) (to hide the truth)
• 瞞哄／瞒哄 (mánhǒng)
• 瞞騙／瞒骗 (mánpiàn)
• 矇人／蒙人 (mēngrén)
• 矇混／蒙混 (ménghùn)
• 矇蔽／蒙蔽 (méngbì)
• 矇騙／蒙骗 (mēngpiàn)
• 糊弄 (hùnong) (colloquial)
• 耍花招 (shuǎ huāzhāo)
• 脫人／脱人 (tŏ̤-nêng) (Northern Min)
• 行騙／行骗 (xíngpiàn)
• 訛詐／讹诈 (ézhà)
• 詐騙／诈骗 (zhàpiàn)
• 誆騙／诓骗 (kuāngpiàn)
• 誑／诳 (kuáng) (literary, or in compounds)
• 誑騙／诳骗 (kuángpiàn)
• 誘騙／诱骗 (yòupiàn)
• 變戲法／变戏法 (biàn xìfǎ) (figurative)
• 賺／赚 (zuàn) (colloquial)
• 騙／骗 (piàn)
• 騙人／骗人 (piànrén)

 

Derived terms

• 拆白黨／拆白党 (chāibáidǎng)

 

Pronunciation 2

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thiah-pe̍h / thiah-pe̍eh

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiah-pe̍h
    • Tâi-lô: thiah-pe̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tiahpeh
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ peʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /tʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ peʔ⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiah-pe̍eh
    • Tâi-lô: thiah-pe̍eh
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ pɛʔ¹²¹/

Verb

拆白

1. (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to clarify; to expound; to explain

Synonyms

• 交代 (jiāodài)
• 介紹／介绍 (jièshào) (a situation)
• 分解 (fēnjiě)
• 拆破 (Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 解說／解说 (jiěshuō)
• 解釋／解释 (jiěshì)
• 訓／训 (xùn) (literary, or in compounds, meanings of words)
• 說／说
• 說明／说明 (shuōmíng)
• 說解／说解 (shuōjiě) (literary)
• 講明／讲明 (jiǎngmíng)
• 講解／讲解 (jiǎngjiě)
• 開釋／开释 (kāishì) (literary)
• 闡明／阐明 (chǎnmíng)
• 闡發／阐发 (chǎnfā)
• 闡說／阐说 (chǎnshuō)
• 闡論／阐论 (chǎnlùn) (literary)
• 闡釋／阐释 (chǎnshì)
• 陳／陈 (chén) (literary, or in compounds)