白茫茫

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	boundless and indistinct; vast
trad. (白茫茫)		白	茫茫
simp. #(白茫茫)		白	茫茫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báimángmáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄇㄤˊ ㄇㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ mong⁴ mong⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pe̍h-bông-bông

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báimángmáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄇㄤˊ ㄇㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báimángmáng
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-mang²-mang²
    • Yale: bái-máng-máng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairmangmang
    • Palladius: байманман (bajmanman)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ mɑŋ³⁵ mɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ mong⁴ mong⁴
    • Yale: baahk mòhng mòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ mong⁴ mong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ mong⁴ mong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² mɔːŋ²¹ mɔːŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-bông-bông
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍h-bông-bông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peqbongboong
    • IPA (Taipei): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ bɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ bɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ bɔŋ²³⁻³³ bɔŋ²³/

Adjective

白茫茫

1. (ideophonic) having a seemingly enormous expanse of whiteness (esp. when describing weather conditions like snow or fog)

Synonyms

• 潔白／洁白 (jiébái)
• 白厲厲／白厉厉 (bái lìlì)
• 白歷皙／白历皙 (Hokkien)
• 白死皙 (Hokkien)
• 白殕殕 (Hokkien)
• 白濛濛／白蒙蒙 (Hokkien)
• 白皙皙 (Hokkien)
• 白皚皚／白皑皑 (bái'ái'ái)
• 白花花 (báihuāhuā)
• 白蔥蔥／白葱葱 (Hokkien)
• 白雪雪 (baak⁶ syut^3-1 syut^3-1) (Cantonese, Eastern Min)
• 白䭕䭕／白𬲕𬲕 (Hokkien)
• 皓 (hào) (literary, or in compounds)
• 皓然 (hàorán) (literary)
• 皓白 (hàobái) (literary)
• 雪白 (xuěbái)

 

See also

• 白花花 (báihuāhuā)
• 黑洞洞 (hēidòngdòng), 黑漆漆 (hēiqīqī), 黑乎乎 (hēihūhū)
• 綠瑩瑩／绿莹莹, 綠油油／绿油油 (lǜyóuyóu)
• 藍晶晶／蓝晶晶 (lánjīngjīng), 藍瑩瑩／蓝莹莹 (lányíngyíng)
• 紅彤彤／红彤彤 (hóngtóngtóng)
• 黃澄澄／黄澄澄 (huángdèngdèng)