白

白行一趟

baak6 hang4 jat1 tong3

to go on a fruitless trip

佢哋喺你屋企白食白住，你唔嬲嘅咩？

keoi5 dei6 hai2 nei5 uk1 kei2 baak6 sik6 baak6 zyu6, nei5 m4 nau1 ge3 me1?

They stayed at your home without paying for food or lodging, didn't you get mad?

#表白

biu2 baak6

to vindicate

#白話

baak6 waa2

the vernacular (i.e. Cantonese)

#淺白

cin2 baak6

(of an explanation) easy to understand

#白色

baak6 sik1

white colour

我講得好白，唔妥嘅可以走。

ngo5 gong2 dak1 hou2 baak6, m4 to5 ge3 ho2 ji5 zau2.

I'm making it explicit here. If anyone doesn't agree, you may leave.

白色

white color

白茶

white tea

明白

clear, obvious

淺白

simple

白紙

a blank sheet of paper

白卷

blank exam paper

白水

plain water

白粥

plain congee

凡殤與無後者，祭於宗子之家，當室之白，尊於東房，是謂陽厭。

In regard to all others who have died prematurely and have left no offspring, the sacrifice is offered to them in the house of the oldest son, where the apartment is the most light, with the vases in the chamber on the east. This is what is called the bright satisfying offering.

相與枕藉乎舟中，不知東方之既白。

The cups and plates leaned against one another in the boat, and we did not know the East has already turned bright white.

是故窮則不隱，通則大明，身死而名彌白。

Therefore, the superior man, when in poverty or distress, is not obscured, and when his life is smooth, he becomes more famous. After his death, his reputation becomes even more prominent.

白話

spoken language

蘇白

Suzhou dialect

京白

Beijing dialect

白軍

The White army

白區

The White area

白色恐怖

the White terror

我們沒有白忙。

Our efforts were not in vain.

她白等了。

She waited in vain.

他們的血沒有白流。

Their blood was not shed in vain.

所有的工作都白做了。

All the work has been done for nothing.

白來一趟

to come in vain; to come for nothing

白給的東西

something given for nothing

你可以白拿走這些蘋果。

You can have these apples for free.

她生氣地白了他一眼。

She gave him an angry stare.

自白

explain oneself, confess

開場白

preamble

表白

to explain oneself

辯白

to explain, to defend oneself

我老是寫白字讀破句。

I always mispronounce words and break my sentences up in the wrong places.

我把這字念白了。

I've mispronounced the character.

念白

spoken parts of a Chinese opera

獨白

monologue

對白

dialogue

（白）無言獨上西樓，月如鉤……

(spoken:) Without words, I ascend the western tower by myself; the moon is like a hook […] (as may be displayed in the lyrics to Teresa Teng's “Du shang xilou” (獨上西樓))

紅白喜事

weddings and funerals

白帖

obituary

白䭕

bland and flavorless

白煠

to cook with boiling water

白肉

fatty meat

販仔白

merchant jargon

跋白

to publicly disclose and get all the words and things clear in person

白崇禧

Bai Chongxi

洁～

～发。

～昼

发～日梦。

白日做梦

不～之冤

真相大～。

～卷

空～。

～费心机

～跑一趟。

～食～捞。

白吃白拿

～事

红～喜事。

～匪

～区。

表～。

对～

旁～。

文～对照

半文半～。