Ideographic: A burning candle; the rays of the sunRadical:

meaning for bái:

  • - white
  • - snowy
  • - pure
  • - bright
  • - empty
  • - blank
  • - plain
  • - clear
  • - to make clear
  • - in vain
  • - gratuitous
  • - free of charge
  • - reactionary
  • - anti-communist
  • - funeral
  • - to stare coldly
  • - to write wrong character
  • - to state
  • - to explain
  • - vernacular
  • - spoken lines in operadaytime
  • - during the day
  • - day
  • - Classifiers: 个 white
  • - fig. reactionary
  • - anti-communistblank spaceproteinpale
  • - wan

de
liǎnsè脸色
yóu
bái
biànhóng变红

His face turned red.


zài
chān
xiē
bái
yánliào颜料
shǐ使
túliào涂料
qiǎn
xiē

Mix some more white in to make the paint pal.


jiézǐhuā桔子花
bái
huābàn花瓣
luòzài落在
lánsè蓝色
bǎizhěqún百褶裙
shàng

Orange flower, white petals, falling on my blue pleated skirt.


zhèwèi这位
lǎoshī老师
yǒu
yìtóu一头
wūhēi乌黑
de
tóufa头发
zhǐyǒu只有
zuǐchún嘴唇
shàng
yǒuxiē有些
bái
máo

This teacher has black hair but has a few white hairs on his lips.