Cantonese Dictionary

白花油

baak6 faa1 jau4

Mandarin: bai2 hua1 you2

White Flower Embrocation

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白花花

baak6 faa1 faa1

Mandarin: bai2 hua1 hua1

shining white

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白芷

baak6 zi2

dahurian angelica (Angelicae Dahuricae Radix)

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白茄子

baak6 ke4*2 zi2

dubi (white eggplant)

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白茫茫

baak6 mong4 mong4

Mandarin: bai2 mang2 mang2

(of mist, snow, floodwater, etc.) a vast expanse of whiteness

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白茶

baak6 caa4

Mandarin: bai2 cha2

(tea) white tea

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白菜

baak6 coi3

Mandarin: bai2 cai4

bok choy (a type of cabbage with white stalks and green leaves)(Brassica rapa chinensis)

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白菜仔

baak6 coi3 zai2

Mandarin: bai2 cai4 zi3

(vegetable) baby bok choy

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白蒙蒙

baak6 mung4 mung4

Mandarin: bai2 meng1 meng1

white; hazy

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白蒙蒙

baak6 mung4*1 mung4*1

[adj] snow white, pure white; a vast expanse of whiteness

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白薯

baak6 syu4

Mandarin: bai2 shu3

sweet potato | [粵]: 番薯

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白薯莨

baak6 syu4 loeng4

Dioscorea hispida (white yam)

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白藥

baak6 joek6

Mandarin: bai2 yao4

Simplified: 白药

a white Chinese medicine powder used to treat bleeding wounds

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白蘭

baak6 laan4

Mandarin: bai2 lan2

Simplified: 白兰

michelia

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白蘭地

baak6 laan4*1 dei6*2

Mandarin: bai2 lan2 di4

[1] [loanword] brandy [2] [Syn.] 拔蘭地

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白蘭地杯

baak6 laan4*1 dei6*2 bui1

a brandy snifter

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白蘭花

baak6 laan2 faa1

Mandarin: bai2 lan2 hua1

Simplified: 白兰花

White Jade Orchid

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白蘿蔔

baak6 lo4 baak6

daikon radish/turnip

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白虎

baak6 fu2

Mandarin: bai2 hu3

White Tiger; woman with no pubic hair

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白虹

baak6 hung4

Mandarin: bai2 hong2

Bai Hong (1919-1992), singing star and actress, one of the 七大歌星

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白蚱

baak6 zaa3

Mandarin: bai2 zha4

(noun) jelly fish

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白蛋白

baak6 daan6*2 baak6

Mandarin: bai2 dan4 bai2

albumin; albumen

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白蝕

baak6 sik6

Mandarin: bai2 shi2

Simplified: 白蚀

tinea versicolor

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白蟹

baak6 haai5

blue swimming crab

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白蟻

baak6 ngai5

Mandarin: bai2 yi3

white ants, termites, termite

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白血球

baak6 hyut3 kau4

Mandarin: bai2 xue4 qiu2 (PRC), bai2 xie3 qiu2 (Taiwan)

white blood cell

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白血細胞

baak6 hyut3 sai3 baau1

Mandarin: bai2 xue4 xi4 bao1 (PRC), bai2 xie3 xi4 bao1 (Taiwan)

white blood cell

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白裔

baak6 jeoi6

the white race

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白話字

baak6 waa2 zi6

Mandarin: bai2 hua5 zi4

Simplified: 白话字

Vernacular Chinese

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白話文

baak6 waa6*2 man4

Vernacular Chinese -- written Chinese based on the grammar of the Mandarin dialect, replaced 文言文 (Classical Chinese) during the early 20th century. Basically all Chinese writing today is 白話文.

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