白馬

简 白马 · 繁 白馬
Cantonese · source Jyutpingbaak6 maa5

Meanings

  1. a white horse [written and colloquial]; someone who knows nothing [colloquial]
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Same syllable, six tones

baak迫baak1baak2—百baak3hundredbaak4—baak5—白baak6white

Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: bai2ma3. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

noun

  1. white horse
  2. (historical) sacrificial song in ancient China
  3. (~人, ~族) Baima people (subgroup of Tibetans)

name

  1. (~省) Kep (a province of Cambodia)
  2. (~市) Kep (the provincial capital of Kep Province, Cambodia)
  3. (~市) Whitehorse (a city in Yukon, Canada)
  4. (~鎮) Baima (a town in Lishui district, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China)
  5. (~鎮) Baima (a town in Gaogang district, Taizhou, Jiangsu, China)
  6. (~鎮) Baima (a town in Pujiang, Jinhua, Zhejiang, China)
  7. (~鎮) Baima (a town in Dancheng, Zhoukou, Henan, China)
  8. (~鎮) Baima (a town in Lianyuan, Loudi, Hunan, China)
  9. (~鎮) Baima (a town in Beiliu, Yulin, Guangxi autonomous region, China)
  10. (~鎮) Baima (a town in Wulong district, Chongqing, China)
  11. (~鎮) Baima (a town in Miyi, Panzhihua, Sichuan, China)
  12. (~鎮) Baima (a town in Anju district, Suining, Sichuan, China)
  13. (~鎮) Baima (a town in Shizhong district, Neijiang, Sichuan, China)
  14. (~鎮) Baima (a town in Shizhong district, Leshan, Sichuan, China)
  15. (~鎮) Baima (a town in Dongpo district, Meishan, Sichuan, China)
  16. (~鎮, formerly ~鄉) Baima (a town in Xuanhan, Dazhou, Sichuan, China, formerly a township)
  17. (~鄉) Baima (a township in Yixian, Baoding, Hebei, China)
  18. (~鄉) Baima (a township in the Guang'an District, Guang'an, Sichuan, China)
  19. (~鄉) Baima (a township in Xichang, Liangshan prefecture, Sichuan, China)
  20. (~鄉) Baima (a township in Huachi, Qingyang, Gansu, China)
  21. (~鄉) Baima (a township in Zhongning, Zhongwei, Ningxia autonomous region, China)
  22. (~村) Baima (a village in Chengbei, Yingcheng, Xiaogan, Hubei, China)
  23. (~雪山) Baima Snow Mountain (a mountain in Yunnan, China)

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Exact source record & identity白馬 白马 [bai2ma3] {baak6 maa5} /a white horse [written and colloquial]; someone who knows nothing [colloquial]/

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