IDENTITY
白báiwhite; in vain; clear
HSK 2Top 300
CORE MEANING
white; in vain; clear
- Part of speech
- adjective
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.whiteHSK2
- 2.in vainHSK4
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 白white radical (bái)
- strokes
- 5
- Structure
- single structure
- IDS sequence
- 白
USAGE
Common words
白色báisèwhite
明白míngbaito understand
白天báitiāndaytime
Graded examples
我明白了你的意思。Wǒ míngbai le nǐ de yìsi.HSK3
I understand what you mean.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
LEARNING
Memory aid
The bright first light of dawn — white. (Old: a thumb or dawn light.)
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #300
- Memory aid
- imagery
TRUST & SOURCES
- Reviewed by
- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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