白石

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	rock; stone; 10 pecks
simp. and trad. (白石)		白	石

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 白石 (Shiroishi).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Báishí

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄕˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ sek⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Báishí
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Báishíh
    • Wade–Giles: Pai²-shih²
    • Yale: Bái-shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Bairshyr
    • Palladius: Байши (Bajši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ sek⁶
    • Yale: baahk sehk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ sek⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ ség⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² sɛːk̚²/

Proper noun

白石

1. (～市) Shiroishi (a city in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
白	石
しら Grade: 1	いし Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Proper noun

白(しら)石(いし) • (Shiraishi) 

1. a surname

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
白	石
しろ Grade: 1	いし Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Proper noun

白(しろ)石(いし) • (Shiroishi) 

1. Shiroishi (a city in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan)
2. a surname