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white; empty; blank
white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
 
white; empty; blank
white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
 
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(白白)

Pronunciation 1

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Note:
  • “without compensation” - Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou;
  • “in vain; groundless; helplessly; very white” - Taiwan.

    Adverb

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    白白

    1. in vain; to no purpose; for nothing; unsuccessfully
    2. without compensation; without payment
    3. (Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka) without any cause or reason; groundless
    4. (Taiwanese Hokkien) helplessly; having no way out
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    Adjective

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    白白

    1. (Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka) very white

    Pronunciation 2

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    Noun

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    白白

    1. (Sichuanese) egg white
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