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Usage note

表示颜色浅,也表示没有做某事或没有效果。

bái biǎo shì yán sè qiǎn, yě biǎo shì méi yǒu zuò mǒu shì huò méi yǒu xiào guǒ。

白 means white or pale, and can also mean in vain.

Context note

常用于颜色和结果。

bái cháng yòng yú yán sè hé jié guǒ。

It is often used for color and outcome.

5 examples

这件衣服是色的。
zhè jiàn yī fu shì bái sè de。
This piece of clothing is white.
天已经了。
tiān yǐ jīng bái le。
It is already daylight.
跑一趟。
bái pǎo yí tàng。
Go for nothing.
天很热。
bái tiān hěn rè。
It is hot during the day.
他喜欢色。
tā xǐ huan bái sè。
He likes white.

5 mini stories

她穿了一件衣服。
tā chuān le yí jiàn bái yī fu。
She wore a white shirt.
天的时候,公园里很多人。
bái tiān de shí hòu, gōng yuán lǐ hěn duō rén。
During the daytime, there are many people in the park.
他找错地方,跑了一趟。
tā zhǎo cuò dì fāng, bái pǎo le yí tàng。
He went to the wrong place and wasted the trip.
色的花很漂亮。
bái sè de huā hěn piào liang。
The white flowers are beautiful.
天刚亮,外面已经发
tiān gāng liàng, wài miàn yǐ jīng fā bái。
The sky just got light, and outside was already turning pale.

Mini dialogue

喜欢什么颜色

A
你喜欢什么颜色?
Nǐ xǐhuan shénme yánsè?
What color do you like?
B
我喜欢色,像雪一样
Wǒ xǐhuan báisè, xiàng xuě yīyàng bái.
I like white, as white as snow.

找兔子

A
你看到我的兔子了吗?
Nǐ kàn dào wǒ de tùzi le ma?
Did you see my rabbit?
B
是那只的、毛茸茸的小兔子吗?
Shì nà zhī bái bái de, máo róng róng de xiǎo tùzi ma?
Is it that white, fluffy little rabbit?

Related words and contrasts

opposite
hēi
black

白 and 黑 are opposite colors, like day and night.

similar
雪白
xuě bái
snow white

雪白 describes a pure, bright white like snow.

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