# 白紙
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): báizhǐ
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄓˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): baak$^6$ zi$^2$
* Eastern Min (BUC): băh-cāi
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ba$^2$ zyo$^3$ / ba$^2$ zya$^3$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pe̍h-chóa
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: báizhǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄓˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: báijhǐh
*** Wade–Giles: pai$^2$-chih$^3$
*** Yale: bái-jř
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairjyy
*** Palladius: байчжи (bajčži)
*** Sinological IPA : /paɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$白紙／白纸 白芷
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: baak$^6$ zi$^2$
*** Yale: baahk jí
*** Cantonese Pinyin: baak$^9$ dzi$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bag$^6$ ji$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /paːk̚² t͡siː³⁵/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$白子 白紙／白纸 白芷
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: băh-cāi
*** Sinological IPA : /paʔ⁵⁻³³ $^{(t͡s-)}$ʒai³³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: ba$^2$ zyo$^3$ [Phonetic: ba$^5$ lyo$^3$]
*** Sinological IPA : /pa¹³⁻²¹ $^{(t͡s-)}$lyɒ⁴⁵³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: ba$^2$ zya$^3$ [Phonetic: ba$^5$ lya$^3$]
*** Sinological IPA : /pa¹³⁻²¹ $^{(t͡s-)}$lya³³²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-chóa
*** Tâi-lô: pe̍h-tsuá
*** Phofsit Daibuun: peqzoar
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ t͡sua⁴¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sua⁵³/

### Noun

白紙
* blank sheet of paper (Classifier: 張／张 m c)
* (figurative) one with no prior experience (in life, dating, expertise, etc.) (Classifier: 張／张 m)
       Měi ge dàxué bìyèshēng dōu shì yī zhāng báizhǐ. [Pinyin]
       Every university graduate has no work experience.
* (archaic) money burnt for the dead
* (Eastern Min) obituary

#### Synonyms

* (obituary):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 訃聞, 訃告 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 訃聞, 訃告 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 訃聞, 訃告 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 告訃 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 訃告 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 訃聞, 訃告 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 訃聞 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 訃帖 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 訃聞 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 訃聞 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian) | 訃聞 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian) | 訃聞 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 訃聞 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 訃聞 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 訃聞 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 白帖 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 訃聞 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 訃聞 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 訃聞 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) | 訃聞 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 訃聞 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 訃聞 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 訃聞 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 白紙, 訃音帖 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 白帖 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 白帖 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 白帖 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 訃音, 白帖 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 訃音 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 訃音 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 訃音 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Luodong) | 訃音 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 訃音 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Yongjing) | 訃音, 白帖仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 白帖 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 訃音 |
| Southern Min | Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng) | 訃音, 訃聞 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 訃音, 訃聞 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 白帖 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 訃聞 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 訃聞 |

#### Derived terms

* 白紙扇／白纸扇
* 白紙黑字／白纸黑字 (báizhǐhēizì)
* 空白紙／空白纸

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 白 | 紙 |
| はく Grade: 1 | し Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi ||
Kanji in this term :
| 白 | 紙 |
| しら Grade: 1 | かみ Grade: 2 |
| kun'yomi ||

### Etymology

Compound of 白(はく) (haku, “white”) + 紙(し) (shi, “paper”).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) はくし [hàkúshí] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ha̠kɯ̟ɕi]
* (Tokyo) しらかみ [shìráꜜkàmì] (Nakadaka –)
* (Tokyo) しらかみ [shìrákámí] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ɕiɾa̠ka̠mʲi]

### Noun

白(はく)紙(し) or 白(しら)紙(かみ) • (hakushi or shirakami)
* white paper
* blank paper
    問(もん)題(だい)が一(いち)問(もん)も解(と)けなかったので、解(かい)答(とう)用(よう)紙(し)を白(はく)紙(し)で出(だ)した。
       Mondai ga ichimon mo tokenakatta node, kaitō yōshi o hakushi de dashita.
       I couldn't solve even one question, so I submitted my answer sheet blank.
* (figuratively) undecided status
** 2020 February 12, “走(はし)るSL展(てん)示(じ)計(けい)画(かく)が白(はく)紙(し)に　名(な)古(ご)屋(や)市(し)科(か)学(がく)館(かん)、議(ぎ)会(かい)が反(はん)発(ぱつ)”, in 朝(あさ)日(ひ)新(しん)聞(ぶん)‎:
    名(な)古(ご)屋(や)市(し)科(か)学(がく)館(かん)（中(なか)区(く)）が保(ほ)有(ゆう)する蒸(じょう)気(き)機(き)関(かん)車(しゃ)（S(エス)L(エル)）を敷(しき)地(ち)内(ない)で走(そう)行(こう)展(てん)示(じ)する計(けい)画(かく)について、市(し)教(きょう)育(いく)委(い)員(いん)会(かい)は白(はく)紙(し)に戻(もど)す方(ほう)針(しん)を明(あき)らかにした。
       Nagoya-shi Kagakukan (Naka-ku) ga hoyū suru jōki kikansha (esueru) o shikichinai de sōkō tenji suru keikaku ni tsuite, Shi Kyōiku Īnkai wa hakushi ni modosu hōshin o akiraka ni shita.
       With regards to the plan that the steam locomotive (SL) owned by Nagoya City Science Museum (located in Naka ward) is dynamically preserved in their site, the City Board of Education revealed the idea of cancelling it (returning it to a blank slate).

#### Derived terms

* 白(はく)紙(し)化(か) (hakushika): blanking (removal of content)

### References

* 1 2 3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* 1 2 3 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

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 白 | 紙 |

### Noun

白紙 • (baekji) (hangeul 백지)
* hanja form of 백지 (“white paper; blank sheet of paper; square one; blank slate, tabula rasa”)