bai

«bai» in Mova's school dictionary: "white"; "bǎi" (百) means "hundred" — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (Mandarin, pinyin: bái, bǎi, bài); name (Bai)

meaning for a pupil

1) (Mandarin, pinyin) "bái" (白) means "white"; "bǎi" (百) means "hundred". It sounds like English "by" or "bye". It is not an English word. tree →

2) (a name) Bai is a Chinese family name. tree →

3) The Bai are an ethnic group of people in Yunnan, China. tree →

sense in the lessons

In Mandarin lessons and on the street children may hear "bái" in colour words and "bǎi" in counting: yī bǎi = one hundred. In Chinese, the tone changes the meaning, so the same sounds "bai" can mean different words. In stories it may appear as a person's surname, such as Li Bai (a famous old Chinese poet).

examples

• "Bái" means white in Mandarin. tree →
• "Yī bǎi" means one hundred in Chinese. tree →
• My friend's surname is Bai. tree →
• In Chinese, "bai" can mean different things depending on the tone. tree →
• Li Bai was a famous Chinese poet. tree →
• To an English ear, "bai" sounds just like "bye". tree →

note

Not an English word: a Mandarin syllable written in pinyin (with tone marks bái, bǎi, bài) or a Chinese name (capital B). Do not confuse with English "by", "buy" or "bye", which sound the same. "Bái" + "tiān" (báitiān) means "daytime".

In the corpora

• A legend says Li Bai drowned reaching for the Moon's reflection, but he probably died of illness.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «bai» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.