白板

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	board; plank; plate board; plank; plate; slab
trad. (白板)		白	板
simp. #(白板)		白	板

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báibǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄅㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ baan²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pe̍h-pán

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báibǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄅㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báibǎn
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-pan³
    • Yale: bái-bǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairbaan
    • Palladius: байбань (bajbanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ pän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báibǎnr
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄅㄢˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báibǎnr
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-pan³-ʼrh
    • Yale: bái-bǎnr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairbaal
    • Palladius: байбаньр (bajbanʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ pɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ baan²
    • Yale: baahk báan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ baan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ ban²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² paːn³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-pán
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍h-pán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peqparn
    • IPA (Singapore): /pe(ʔ)⁴³⁻²¹ pan⁴²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ pan⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ pan⁵³/

Noun

白板

1. whiteboard
2. unpainted plank
3. (mahjong) white dragon
4. (philosophy) tabula rasa
5. (Taiwan, pharmacology) methaqualone
6. (Mainland China, humorous) novice; newb

Synonyms

• (white dragon): 白皮 (báipí)

Descendants

• → Japanese: 白板(パイパン) (paipan)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
白	板
パイ Grade: 1	パン Grade: 3
irregular

Borrowed from Mandarin 白板 (báibǎn, “whiteboard, white tile”).

Noun

白(パイ)板(パン) • (paipan) 

1. The white Mahjong dragon tile without any markings.
2. (figuratively, sex) name for the glabrousness of an individual, usually a female, who lacks pubic hair either naturally or due to removal.

Synonyms

• 土器(かわらけ) (kawarake)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
白	板
はく Grade: 1	ばん Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

白(はく)板(ばん) • (hakuban) 

1. whiteboard