洗白

Chinese

		to wash; to bathe	white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
simp. and trad. (洗白)		洗	白

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xǐbái

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˇ ㄅㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai² baak⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xǐbái
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˇ ㄅㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǐbái
    • Wade–Giles: hsi³-pai²
    • Yale: syǐ-bái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiibair
    • Palladius: сибай (sibaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹ paɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai² baak⁶
    • Yale: sái baahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai² baak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei² bag⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³⁵ paːk̚²/

Verb

洗⫽白 (verb-complement) (transitive)

1. to wash something clean and white
2. (figurative, slang) to whitewash; to establish one's righteousness, innocence, power, etc. and free oneself from a previous negative impression

Antonyms

• 抹黑 (mǒhēi)

See also

• 洗白白