# 白面
## Chinese
### Etymology 1

* For pronunciation and definitions of 白面 – see 白麵 (“wheat flour; heroin”). (This term is the simplified form of 白麵).
* Notes:Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): báimiàn
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄇㄧㄢˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): baak$^6$ min$^6$
* Eastern Min (BUC): băh-méng
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pe̍h-bīn
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: báimiàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄇㄧㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: báimiàn
*** Wade–Giles: pai$^2$-mien$^4$
*** Yale: bái-myàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairmiann
*** Palladius: баймянь (bajmjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /paɪ̯³⁵ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$白面 白麵／白面
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: baak$^6$ min$^6$
*** Yale: baahk mihn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: baak$^9$ min$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bag$^6$ min$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /paːk̚² miːn²²/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$白面 白麵／白面
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: băh-méng
*** Sinological IPA : /paʔ⁵⁻²¹ mɛiŋ²¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-bīn
*** Tâi-lô: pe̍h-bīn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: peqbin
*** IPA (Taipei): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ bin³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ bin³³/

##### Noun

白面
* (literally) pale face
* (Eastern Min, Hokkien) female prostitute

###### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 娼妓, 妓女, 娼婦 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 妓女, 婊子, 姑娘兒, 窯姐兒, 野花兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 妓女, 婊子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 婊子, 窯子娘們兒, 窯姐兒, 兔兒, 兔子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 雞 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 妓女, 雞 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 窯姐 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 婊子, 賣窯子的 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 窯子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 馬班子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 婊子, 娼婦 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 婊子, 窯子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 婊子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 梭爺子, 婊子婆娘, 婊子, 梭梭, 雞, 貓兒, 野雞, 捨物, 粉臉子 dated |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 婊子, 妖姑, 賣貨, 片 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 婊子, 娼妓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 爛使, 皮旦 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 老舉婆, 老舉, 婊子婆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dagudi (Maliba) | 賣屄人 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Reshuitang (Longling) | 賣屄人 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 妓女, 賣屄婆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 賣屄人 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 婊子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 婊子, 姑娘 dated |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 老舉, 野雞, 雞 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 妓女, 雞, 老舉, 啄地, 鳳, 鳳姐, 女女, G neologism |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 老舉, 雞 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 老舉, 雞 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 老舉, 雞 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 老舉, 雞 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 老舉, 妓女, 雞 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 老舉, 雞 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 老舉, 雞 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 老舉, 妓女, 雞 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 老妓 |
| Cantonese | Rongxian | 雞 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 老舉婆 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 老契 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Guiping (Mule) | 雞 |
| Cantonese | Pingnan | 雞 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Gangcheng) | 老舉, 雞 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Pingdong) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 老舉婆 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 老舉, 雞婆 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 雞婆 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 妓女, 老舉, 雞 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 雞 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Yangon (Taishan) | 妓女, 老舉, 雞 |
| Cantonese | Mandalay (Taishan) | 女妓 |
| Cantonese | Bangkok (Guangfu) | 老舉, 雞 |
| Cantonese | Betong (Rongxian) | 雞 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 姑娘, 婊子, 雀子 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 婊子 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 婊子 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 婊仔, 火屎, 當賺個, 老舉嫲, 老舉 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 婊哩, 老舉, 老舉嫲, 貨屎, 貨哩 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 老舉, 老舉婆, 雞 |
| Hakka | Huiyang | 老舉 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 老舉嫲 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 老舉嫲 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 老舉 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 老舉嫲 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 雞婆, 老舉嫲, 老舉 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 老舉嫲 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 雞婆, 老舉嫲 |
| Hakka | Nanxiong (Zhuji) | 老舉 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 老舉 |
| Hakka | Changting | 鴨子 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 婊姊, 姑娘, 婊子 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 賺食嫲 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 菜店嫲 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 菜店嫲 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 賺食嫲 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 賺食嫲 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 賺食嫲 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 趁食夫娘人, 趁食妹子 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 老舉嫲 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 老舉, 雞 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 婊子, 賣屄貨 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 婊子, 窯子裡的 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 婊子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 妓嫲 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 妓嫲 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 婊子 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 白面, 白面哥 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 白面哥 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 婊 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 白面 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 做婊子 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 白面 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 白面 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 婊囝 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 婊囝 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 花娘 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 白面 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 婊仔, 娼婊, 水貨, 雞, 趁食查某, 土婊, 間仔查某 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 婊仔, 片仔, 水貨, 雞, 土婊 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 婊仔, 查某孫, 雞, 雞仔, 土婊, 土婊仔, 間仔查某, 間底查某 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 趁食查某, 菜店查某 |
| Southern Min | Taipei (Wanhua) | 趁食查某 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 趁食查某, 菜店查某, 豆菜底的 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 趁食查某, 豆菜底 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 趁食查某 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 菜店查某, 趁食查某 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 趁食查某, 菜店查某 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 趁食查某, 菜店查某 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 趁食查某, 咧趁的, 菜店查某 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 趁食查某, 菜店查某, 咧趁的 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 菜店查某, 趁食查某 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 趁食查某 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 趁食查某 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 趁食查某 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 趁食查某 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 豆菜底的, 菜店查某, 趁食查某, 貓仔, 咧趁的, 媌仔, 妓女, 路邊花 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 趁食查某, 菜店查某, 歹查某, 咧趁的 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 趁食查某 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 趁食查某 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 趁食查某, 相楗的 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 趁食查某, 菜店查某, 菜店彪, 妓女 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 趁食查某, 菜店查某, 婊囝 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 歹查某, 雞 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 婊仔, 樂洞, 雞 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 婊, 婊仔, 摃婆, 漚摃, 歹查某, 姣查某, 漚查某, 姣婊 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 老妓 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 娼, 雞 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 花娘, 騷婆, 妓女 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 雞, 騷, 騷婆, 查某, 娼囝 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 雞, 查某娼 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 妓女, 雞 |
| Southern Min | Chiang Mai (Teochew) | 老衍 |
| Southern Min | Hat Yai (Teochew) | 妓女 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 妓女 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 娘 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 娘囝, 娘 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 貨𨈘 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 貨𨈘 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 老舉 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 老妓婆, 婊子婆 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 婊子, 妓女, 煤餅 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 婊子, 野雞 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 婊子, 妓女 |
| Wu | Danyang | 婊子 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 婊子, 妓女 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 花佬, 婊子 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 大毛, 嬉老, 花兒 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 賣胖貨, 賣胖個, 婊子, 婊子貨 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 妓女, 婊子, 婊子婆 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 婊子, 娼婦 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 妓女 |

###### Derived terms

* 白面厝
* 白面哥

#### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): báimiàn
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄇㄧㄢˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): baak$^6$ min$^6$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pe̍k-bīn
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: báimiàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄇㄧㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: báimiàn
*** Wade–Giles: pai$^2$-mien$^4$
*** Yale: bái-myàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairmiann
*** Palladius: баймянь (bajmjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /paɪ̯³⁵ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$白面 白麵／白面
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: baak$^6$ min$^6$
*** Yale: baahk mihn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: baak$^9$ min$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bag$^6$ min$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /paːk̚² miːn²²/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$白面 白麵／白面
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍k-bīn
*** Tâi-lô: pi̍k-bīn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pegbin
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /piɪk̚⁴⁻³² bin³³/

##### Noun

白面
* (figuratively) Short for 白面書生／白面书生 (báimiànshūshēng): a young scholar who is well-versed in academic theories but lacks real life experience

###### Derived terms

* 白面書生／白面书生 (báimiànshūshēng)
* 白面書郎／白面书郎

## Japanese
### Etymology 1

Kanji in this term :
| 白 | 面 |
| はく Grade: 1 | めん Grade: 3 |
| on'yomi ||

#### Noun

白(はく)面(めん) • (hakumen)
* a face without cosmetics
* a fair complexion
* (by extension) one with a fair complexion
* one who is young and immature

### Etymology 2

Kanji in this term :
| 白 | 面 |
| しら Grade: 1 | つら Grade: 3 |
| kun'yomi ||

#### Noun

白(しら)面(つら) • (shiratsura)
* a style of Kabuki makeup

### Etymology 3

Kanji in this term :
| 白 | 面 |
| しら Grade: 1 | ぶ Grade: 3 |
| kun'yomi | irregular |
For pronunciation and definitions of 白面 – see the following entry. :
| 【素面しらふ】 | [noun] soberness, especially without the effect of alcohol [noun] sober face Alternative spelling シラフ |
(This term, 白面, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :