白領

See also: 白领

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	neck; collar; to lead neck; collar; to lead; to receive
trad. (白領)		白	領
simp. (白领)		白	领

Etymology

Calque of English white-collar.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báilǐng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄌㄧㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ leng⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pe̍h-niá / pe̍eh-niá

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báilǐng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄌㄧㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báilǐng
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-ling³
    • Yale: bái-lǐng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairliing
    • Palladius: байлин (bajlin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ liŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báilǐngr
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄌㄧㄥˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báilǐngr
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-ling³-ʼrh
    • Yale: bái-lǐngr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairlieengl
    • Palladius: байлинр (bajlinr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ liɤ̯̃ɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ leng⁵
    • Yale: baahk léhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ leng⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ léng⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² lɛːŋ¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-niá
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍h-niá
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peqniar
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ niã⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² niã⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍eh-niá
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍eh-niá
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɛ(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ niã⁵³/

Adjective

白領

1. white-collar

Noun

白領

1. white-collar worker (Classifier: 個／个)