白骨精

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	bone	energy; perfect; excellent energy; perfect; excellent; refined; very; proficient
trad. (白骨精)		白	骨	精
simp. #(白骨精)		白	骨	精

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báigǔjīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄍㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ gwat¹ zing¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báigǔjīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄍㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báigǔjing
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-ku³-ching¹
    • Yale: bái-gǔ-jīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairguujing
    • Palladius: байгуцзин (bajguczin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ gwat¹ zing¹
    • Yale: baahk gwāt jīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ gwat⁷ dzing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ gued¹ jing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² kʷɐt̚⁵ t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

白骨精

1. White Bone Demon (character from the novel 西遊記／西游记 (Xīyóujì))

Noun

白骨精

1. wicked woman
2. (slang) cunning person
3. (slang, dated) Short for 白領／白领 (báilǐng) + 骨幹／骨干 (gǔgàn) + 精英 (jīngyīng).