# 白衣
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): báiyī
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄧ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): baak$^6$ ji$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pha̍k-yî
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pe̍h-i / pe̍eh-i
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^8$baq-i
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: báiyī
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄧ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: báiyi
*** Wade–Giles: pai$^2$-i$^1$
*** Yale: bái-yī
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairi
*** Palladius: байи (baji)
*** Sinological IPA : /paɪ̯³⁵ i⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: baak$^6$ ji$^1$
*** Yale: baahk yī
*** Cantonese Pinyin: baak$^9$ ji$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bag$^6$ yi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /paːk̚² jiː⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pha̍k-yî
*** Hakka Romanization System: pag i$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: pag$^6$ yi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /pʰak̚⁵ i²⁴/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pha̍k-yî
*** Hakka Romanization System: pag (r)i$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: pag$^6$ yi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /pʰak̚⁵ (j)i²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-i
*** Tâi-lô: pe̍h-i
*** Phofsit Daibuun: peq'y
*** IPA (Taipei): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ i⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ i⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² i³³/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍eh-i
*** Tâi-lô: pe̍eh-i
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɛ(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ i⁴⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^8$baq-i
*** MiniDict: bah$^入$ i
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^5$baq-i
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /baʔ¹¹ i²³/

### Noun

白衣
* white clothes; white robe, dress or coat
* (historical) fameless person; commoner
* (historical) servant
* (Buddhism) layperson (a non-monastic Buddhist)
    From: 妙法蓮華經
    Tān zhù lì yǎng gù, yǔ báiyī shuōfǎ, wèi shì suǒ gōngjìng, rú liùtōng luóhàn. [Pinyin]
    Greedy for profit and support, they speak the dharma for laypeople. They are respected by the world, just as arhats who possess the six powers.

#### Synonyms

* (fameless person):
* 一般人 (yībānrén)
* 世人 (shìrén)
* 世間人／世间人 (Hokkien)
* 人士 (rénshì) (literary)
* 人民 (rénmín)
* 人群 (rénqún)
* 人萌 (rénméng) (literary)
* 俗人 (súrén)
* 俗子 (súzǐ) (literary)
* 𫣆人 (Hakka)
* 兆民 (zhàomín) (archaic)
* 公眾／公众 (gōngzhòng)
* 凡人 (fánrén)
* 凡夫 (fánfū) (literary)
* 匹夫 (pǐfū) (literary)
* 四眾人／四众人 (si$^3$ zing$^3$ nang$^5$) (Teochew)
* 士人 (shìrén) (archaic)
* 大眾／大众 (dàzhòng)
* 子民 (zǐmín) (historical)
* 家人 (jiārén) (archaic)
* 布衣 (bùyī) (historical)
* 常人 (chángrén)
* 平人 (píngrén) (literary)
* 平常人 (píngchángrén)
* 平民 (píngmín)
* 庶人 (shùrén) (literary)
* 庶民 (shùmín) (literary)
* 斯人 (sīrén) (Classical Chinese)
* 普通人 (pǔtōngrén)
* 民人 (mínrén) (literary)
* 民眾／民众 (mínzhòng)
* 烝民 (zhēngmín) (literary)
* 烝黎 (zhēnglí) (Classical Chinese)
* 白衣人 (báiyīrén) (historical)
* 白身 (báishēn) (archaic)
* 白身人 (báishēnrén) (archaic)
* 百姓
* 眾人／众人 (zhòngrén) (literary)
* 萬姓／万姓 (wànxìng) (archaic)
* 群眾／群众 (qúnzhòng)
* 老百姓 (lǎobǎixìng)
* 良人 (liángrén) (literary)
* 草民 (cǎomín) (the worthless ordinary people)
* 草菅 (cǎojiān) (Classical Chinese, figurative)
* 草野 (cǎoyě) (literary, figurative)
* 萌 (literary)
* 野人 (yěrén) (archaic)
* 黎庶 (líshù) (literary)
* 黎民 (límín) (literary)
* 黎首 (líshǒu) (archaic)
* 黔首 (qiánshǒu) (archaic)
* 黔黎 (archaic)

### Adjective

白衣
* (figuratively, attributive) of the medical profession

### Derived terms

* 白衣人 (báiyīrén)
* 白衣仙人
* 白衣公卿
* 白衣卿相
* 白衣士
* 白衣大士
* 白衣大食
* 白衣天使 (báiyī tiānshǐ)
* 白衣宰相
* 白衣尚書／白衣尚书
* 白衣戰士／白衣战士 (báiyī zhànshì)
* 白衣教練／白衣教练
* 白衣會／白衣会
* 白衣民族 (Báiyī Mínzú)
* 白衣沒命軍／白衣没命军
* 白衣相
* 白衣秀士
* 白衣蒼狗／白衣苍狗 (báiyī-cānggǒu)
* 白衣觀音／白衣观音
* 白衣送酒
* 白衣道
* 白衣酒
* 蒼狗白衣／苍狗白衣

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 白 | 衣 |
| はく Grade: 1 | い Grade: 4 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) はくい [háꜜkùì] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [ha̠kɯ̟i]

### Noun

白(はく)衣(い) • (hakui)
* white coat
    お医者(いしゃ)さんは白衣(はくい)を着(き)る。
       O-isha-san wa hakui o kiru.
       Doctors wear white coats.

### References

* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN