白無常
Chinese
white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous |
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|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (白無常) | 白 | 無常 | |
| simp. (白无常) | 白 | 无常 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: Báiwúcháng
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄨˊ ㄔㄤˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Báiwúcháng
- Wade–Giles: Pai2-wu2-chʻang2
- Yale: Bái-wú-cháng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Bairwucharng
- Palladius: Байучан (Bajučan)
- Sinological IPA (key): /paɪ̯³⁵ u³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: baak6 mou4 soeng4
- Yale: baahk mòuh sèuhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: baak9 mou4 soeng4
- Guangdong Romanization: bag6 mou4 sêng4
- Sinological IPA (key): /paːk̚² mou̯²¹ sœːŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Proper noun
白無常
- (religion) White Impermanence (one of the two deities in charge of escorting the spirits of the dead to the underworld)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 白無常 (“White Impermanence”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 白無常 | |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 白無常 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 白無常 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 白無常 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 高身, 高老爹 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 懸哥, 長柄鬼 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 七爺 |
| Penghu (Xiyu) | 七爺 | |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 懸跤鬼, 懸哥, 大哥, 阿大, 七爺 |
| Xianyou | 懸跤鬼, 懸哥, 大哥, 阿大 | |
| Wu | Suzhou | 白無常 |
| Ningbo | 白無常 | |