白粉

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	dust; powder
trad. (白粉)		白	粉
simp. #(白粉)		白	粉
Literally: “white powder”.

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báifěn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄈㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ fan²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pe̍h-hún

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báifěn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄈㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báifěn
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-fên³
    • Yale: bái-fěn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairfeen
    • Palladius: байфэнь (bajfɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ fən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ fan²
    • Yale: baahk fán
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ fan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ fen²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² fɐn³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-hún
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍h-hún
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peqhuon
    • IPA (Singapore): /pe(ʔ)⁴³⁻²¹ hun⁴²/

Noun

白粉

1. face powder (or any other white cosmetic powder)
2. white chalk; white paint
3. face paint
4. white flour
5. (informal) heroin

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 海洛因 (“heroin”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		海洛因, 海洛英
Mandarin	Beijing	白麵兒, 老海
	Taiwan	海洛因, 白粉
	Luoyang	白麵兒, 老海
	Xi'an	白麵兒
	Ürümqi	白麵兒
	Yangzhou	白麵子
	Singapore	白粉
	Dagudi (Maliba)	白粉
	Reshuitang (Longling)	白粉, 粉藥
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	白粉, 粉藥
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	白粉
Cantonese	Guangzhou	白粉
	Hong Kong	海洛英, 白粉, 粉, 灰, 四仔
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	白粉
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	白粉
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	白粉
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	海洛英
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	白粉
	Móng Cái	白粉
Hakka	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	白粉
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	海洛因
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	海洛因
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	海洛因
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	海洛因
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	海洛因
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	海洛因
	Senai (Huiyang)	白粉
Jin	Taiyuan	料子
	Xinzhou	料子
Southern Min	Xiamen	海洛因
	Singapore (Hokkien)	白粉
	Chaozhou	白粉
	Shantou	白粉
	Jieyang	白粉
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	白粉
	Pontianak (Teochew)	下洛因
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	白粉
Wu	Danyang	白粉, 白麵
	Wenzhou	白粉

Derived terms

• 白粉仔
• 白粉佬
• 白粉友

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (白粉):

• → Japanese: 白粉(はくふん) (hakufun)
• → Korean: 백분(白粉) (baekbun)

Macanese: pacfanista

Pronunciation 2

• Southern Min (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): be⁶ hung²

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• Southern Min
  • (Leizhou)
    • Leizhou Pinyin: be⁶ hung²
    • Sinological IPA: /pɛ³³ huŋ³¹/

Noun

白粉

1. (Leizhou Min, Guilin Southern Min) chalk

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 粉筆 (“chalk (the writing implement)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		粉筆
Mandarin	Taiwan	粉筆
	Harbin	粉筆
	Yantai (Muping)	粉筆
	Jinan	粉筆
	Luoyang	粉筆, 粉墨
	Wanrong	粉筆
	Xi'an	粉錠兒
	Yinchuan	粉筆, 粉錠子
	Xining	粉筆
	Ürümqi	粉筆
	Wuhan	粉筆
	Chengdu	白墨
	Guiyang	粉筆
	Guilin	粉筆
	Liuzhou	粉筆
	Nanning (Wuming)	粉筆
	Xuzhou	粉筆
	Yangzhou	粉筆
	Nanjing	粉筆
	Singapore	粉筆
Cantonese	Hong Kong	粉筆
	Taishan	粉筆
	Taishan (Guanghai)	粉筆
	Dongguan	粉筆
	Qinzhou	粉筆
	Mandalay (Taishan)	粉筆
Gan	Nanchang	粉筆
	Lichuan	粉筆
	Pingxiang	粉筆
Hakka	Meixian	粉筆
	Yudu	粉筆
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	粉筆
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	粉筆
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	粉筆
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	粉筆
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	粉筆
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	粉筆
Huizhou	Jixi	粉筆
Jin	Taiyuan	粉筆
	Xinzhou	粉筆
Northern Min	Jian'ou	粉筆
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	白墨
Southern Min	Xiamen	粉筆
	Quanzhou	粉筆
	Jinjiang	粉筆
	Zhangzhou	粉筆
	Taipei	粉筆 GT
	Singapore (Hokkien)	粉筆
	Manila (Hokkien)	粉筆
	Guilin (Biyange)	白粉
	Leizhou	白粉
	Haikou	粉筆
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	粉筆
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	粉筆
Wu	Shanghai (Chongming)	粉筆
	Suzhou	粉筆
	Danyang	粉筆
	Hangzhou	粉筆
	Ningbo	粉筆
	Wenzhou	粉筆
	Jinhua	粉筆
Xiang	Changsha	粉條
	Loudi	粉筆, 粉筆條子
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
白	粉
Grade: 1	Grade: 5
irregular

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

白粉(おしろい) • (oshiroi) 

1. (cometics) powder, face powder, white powder used as a base for cosmetics

   紅白粉(べにおしろい)

   beni oshiroi

   rouge and powder; make-up

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
白	粉
しら Grade: 1	こ Grade: 5
kun’yomi

白 (“white”) +‎ 粉 (“powder”)

Noun

白(しら)粉(こ) or 白粉(はくふん) • (shirako or hakufun) 

1. bloom, a powdery coating on the surface of certain fruit, such as grapes or plums

   ブドウに白粉(しらこ)がふいた。

   Budō ni shirako ga fuita.

   Bloom formed on the grapes.