花白

Chinese

		flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern	white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
trad. (花白)		花	白
simp. #(花白)		花	白
anagram		白花

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huābái

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚ ㄅㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faa¹ baak⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoe-pe̍h / hoa-pe̍eh

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huābái
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚ ㄅㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huabái
    • Wade–Giles: hua¹-pai²
    • Yale: hwā-bái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huabair
    • Palladius: хуабай (xuabaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵⁵ paɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faa¹ baak⁶
    • Yale: fā baahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faa¹ baak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fa¹ bag⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faː⁵⁵ paːk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoe-pe̍h
    • Tâi-lô: hue-pe̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoe'peh
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hue³³ peʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hue⁴⁴⁻²² peʔ⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoa-pe̍eh
    • Tâi-lô: hua-pe̍eh
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hua⁴⁴⁻²² pɛʔ¹²¹/

Adjective

花白

1. (of hair, beards, etc.) salt-and-pepper

Synonyms

• (formal) 斑白 (bānbái)