白髮

See also: 白髪 and 白发

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	hair
trad. (白髮)		白	髮
simp. (白发)		白	发

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báifà, báifǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄈㄚˋ, ㄅㄞˊ ㄈㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ faat³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pe̍h-hoat
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁸baq-faq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báifà
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄈㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báifà
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-fa⁴
    • Yale: bái-fà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairfah
    • Palladius: байфа (bajfa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ fä⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báifǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄈㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báifǎ
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-fa³
    • Yale: bái-fǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairfaa
    • Palladius: байфа (bajfa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ faat³
    • Yale: baahk faat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ faat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ fad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² faːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-hoat
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍h-huat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peqhoad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² huat̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pe(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ huat̚³²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁸baq-faq
    • MiniDict: bah^入 fah
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵baq-faq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /baʔ¹¹ faʔ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: baek pjot

Rime
Character	白	髮
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	陌 (113)	月 (68)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	II	III
Fanqie	傍陌切	方伐切
Baxter	baek	pjot
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bˠæk̚/	/pʉɐt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/bᵚak̚/	/pʷiɐt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/bak̚/	/piuɐt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/baɨjk̚/	/puat̚/
Li Rong	/bɐk̚/	/piuɐt̚/
Wang Li	/bɐk̚/	/pĭwɐt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱɐk̚/	/pi̯wɐt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bó	fa
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bak6	faat3

Noun

白髮

1. white hair

   滿頭白髮／满头白发  ―  mǎntóu báifà  ―  hoary-haired

2. (figurative, by synecdoche) elderly; senior

Coordinate terms

• 紅髮／红发 (hóngfà)
• 金髮／金发 (jīnfà)
• 銀髮／银发 (yínfà)
• 黑髮／黑发 (hēifà)

 

Derived terms

• 幾根白髮／几根白发
• 龐眉白髮／庞眉白发
• 潘安白髮／潘安白发
• 潘岳白髮／潘岳白发
• 白髮人送黑髮人／白发人送黑发人 (báifàrén sòng hēifàrén)
• 白髮如新／白发如新
• 白髮朱顏／白发朱颜
• 白髮相守／白发相守
• 白髮紅顏／白发红颜 (báifǎ hóngyán)
• 白髮蒼蒼／白发苍苍 (báifà cāngcāng)
• 白髮蒼顏／白发苍颜
• 白髮郎潛／白发郎潜
• 白髮銀鬚／白发银须
• 白髮青衫／白发青衫
• 白髮齊眉／白发齐眉
• 穀子白髮病／谷子白发病
• 郎潛白髮／郎潜白发

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (白髮):

• → Japanese: 白髪(はくはつ) (hakuhatsu)
• → Korean: 백발(白髮) (baekbal)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
白	髮
しら Grade: 1	が Jinmeiyō

Kanji in this term
白	髮
はく Grade: 1	はつ Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 白髮 – see the following entry.

【白髪しらが】 [noun] white hair, grey hair 【白髪はくはつ】 [noun] Synonym of 白髪 (shiraga)

(This term, 白髮, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
白	髮

Noun

白髮 • (baekbal) (hangeul 백발)

1. Hanja form^? of 백발 (“white hair”).