English [1] white; clear; pure; unblemished; bright; clean; plain [2] empty; blank [3] in vain; for nothing [4] free of charge; gratis [5] the spoken part in an opera, etc. [6] [v] state; explain [7] a Chinese family name Mandarin (hanyu pinyin) bái bà bǎi zì Cantonese (jyutping) baak6 baak2 Hakka (phonetic) [Kwangtung] p'ak8 [Bao'an] p'ak8 [Dongguan] p'ak8 [Hailu] p'ak8 [Siyan] p'ak8 [Hong Kong] p'ak8 [Meixian] p'ak8 Minnan/Taiwanese peh8 Vietnamese bạch Japanese haku byaku Korean payk pay |