白璧微瑕

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	piece of jade with hole in centre	tiny; minute; clandestine tiny; minute; clandestine; hide; elegant; exquisite	blemish; flaw in jade
trad. (白璧微瑕)		白	璧	微	瑕
simp. #(白璧微瑕)		白	璧	微	瑕
Literally: “a slight flaw in white jade”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báibì-wēixiá, báibì-wéixiá

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄨㄟ ㄒㄧㄚˊ, ㄅㄞˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄨㄟˊ ㄒㄧㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ bik¹ mei⁴ haa⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báibì-wēixiá
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄨㄟ ㄒㄧㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báibìweisiá
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-pi⁴-wei¹-hsia²
    • Yale: bái-bì-wēi-syá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairbihueishya
    • Palladius: байбивэйся (bajbivɛjsja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ pi⁵¹ weɪ̯⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báibì-wéixiá
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄨㄟˊ ㄒㄧㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báibìwéisiá
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-pi⁴-wei²-hsia²
    • Yale: bái-bì-wéi-syá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairbihweishya
    • Palladius: байбивэйся (bajbivɛjsja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ pi⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵ ɕi̯ä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ bik¹ mei⁴ haa⁴
    • Yale: baahk bīk mèih hàh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ bik⁷ mei⁴ haa⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ big¹ méi⁴ ha⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² pɪk̚⁵ mei̯²¹ haː²¹/

Idiom

白璧微瑕

1. minor blemish in a thing of beauty; slight defect in a person of integrity