Chinese words starting with “bai”
25 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable bai. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 3 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.
Initial b · final ai · hear the four tones and see example characters →
- 1st tone 1
- 2nd tone 4
- 3rd tone 13
- 4th tone 7
Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.
Common words with this syllable
- 白色bái sèHSK 2
white; fig. reactionary; anti-communist
- 白天bái tiānHSK 1
daytime; during the day; day
- 白菜bái càiHSK 3
Chinese cabbage; pak choi
All 25 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 白 | bái | a,nr,d,b,v,g | 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 opera | |
| 2 | 摆 | bǎi | v | to arrange; to exhibit; to move to and fro; a pendulum | |
| 3 | 百 | bǎi | m,t | hundred; numerous; all kinds of | |
| 4 | 摆脱 | bǎi tuō | v | to break away from; to cast off (old ideas etc); to get rid of; to break away (from); to break out (of); to free oneself from; to extricate oneself | |
| 5 | 败 | bài | v | to defeat; to damage; to lose (to an opponent); to fail; to wither | |
| 6 | 拜托 | bài tuō | v | to request sb to do sth; please! | |
| 7 | 拜访 | bài fǎng | v,vn | to pay a visit; to call on | |
| 8 | 百合 | bǎi hé | n,nr | lily | |
| 9 | 白白 | bái bái | d | in vain; to no purpose; for nothing; white | |
| 10 | 百分点 | bǎi fēn diǎn | n | percentage point | |
| 11 | 摆放 | bǎi fàng | v,vn | to set up; to arrange; to lay out | |
| 12 | 百货 | bǎi huò | n | general merchandise | |
| 13 | 白领 | bái lǐng | b,n | white-collar; white-collar worker | |
| 14 | 掰 | bāi | v | to break off or break open sth with one's hands; (fig.) to break off (a relationship) | |
| 15 | 白酒 | bái jiǔ | n | baijiu, a spirit usually distilled from sorghum; (Tw) white wine (abbr. for 酒) | |
| 16 | 摆设 | bǎi shè | n,v | to set out; to display; to furnish (a room or house) | |
| 17 | 摆动 | bǎi dòng | v | to sway; to swing; to move back and forth; to oscillate | |
| 18 | 摆平 | bǎi píng | v | to be fair; to be impartial; to settle (a matter etc) | |
| 19 | 败坏 | bài huài | v | to ruin; to corrupt; to undermine | |
| 20 | 百分比 | bǎi fēn bǐ | n | percentage | |
| 21 | 百科全书 | bǎi kē quán shū | n | encyclopedia | |
| 22 | 拜见 | bài jiàn | v | to pay a formal visit; to call to pay respects; to meet one's senior or superior | |
| 23 | 拜年 | bài nián | v | to pay a New Year call; to wish sb a Happy New Year | |
| 24 | 拜会 | bài huì | v | (often used in the context of diplomacy) to meet with; to pay a visit to; to call on | |
| 25 | 柏树 | bǎi shù | n | cypress tree; Taiwan pr. [bó shù] |
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