# 白米
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): báimǐ
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄇㄧˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): baak$^6$ mai$^5$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pha̍k-mí
* Eastern Min (BUC): băh-mī
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pe̍h-bí / pe̍eh-bí
* Wu (Suzhou, Wugniu): $^8$baq-$^3$mi$_6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: báimǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄇㄧˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: báimǐ
*** Wade–Giles: pai$^2$-mi$^3$
*** Yale: bái-mǐ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairmii
*** Palladius: байми (bajmi)
*** Sinological IPA : /paɪ̯³⁵ mi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: baak$^6$ mai$^5$
*** Yale: baahk máih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: baak$^9$ mai$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bag$^6$ mei$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /paːk̚² mɐi̯¹³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pha̍k-mí
*** Hakka Romanization System: pag mi$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: pag$^6$ mi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /pʰak̚⁵ mi³¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: băh-mī
*** Sinological IPA : /paʔ⁵⁻³³ mi³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-bí
*** Tâi-lô: pe̍h-bí
*** Phofsit Daibuun: peqbie
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² bi⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ bi⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ bi⁴¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ bi⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍eh-bí
*** Tâi-lô: pe̍eh-bí
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɛ(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ bi⁵³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Suzhou)
*** Wugniu: $^8$baq-$^3$mi$_6$
*** MiniDict: bah$^入$ mi$^去$
*** Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /bɑʔ²² mi⁵¹/

### Noun

白米
* white rice; polished rice
* (in general) husked uncooked rice

#### Synonyms

* (white rice): 精白米 (jīngbáimǐ)
* (husked uncooked rice):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 米 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 稻米 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 白米, 大米, 米 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 米 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 大米, 米 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 米 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 米 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 大米 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 大米 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 大米 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 大米 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 白米 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 大米, 米 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 大米, 米 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 稻米, 白米 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 大米 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 米 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 米, 大米, 飯米 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 米 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 米 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 米 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 米 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 米 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 米 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 米 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 米 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 米 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 米 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 米 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 米 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 米 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 米 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 米 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 米 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 米 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 米 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 米 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 米 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 米 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 米 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 米 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 米 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 米 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 米 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 米 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 米 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 米 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 米 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 米 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 米 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 大米 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 大米 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 米 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 米 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 米 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 早米 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 米 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 米 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 米 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 米 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 米 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 米 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 米 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 米 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 米 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 米 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 米 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 米 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 米 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 米 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 米 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 米 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 米 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 米 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 米 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 米 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 米 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 米 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 米 |
| Wu | Danyang | 米 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 米 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 米 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 米 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 米 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 米 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 米 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 米 |

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “white rice”): 糙米 (cāomǐ)

#### Derived terms

* 精白米 (jīngbáimǐ)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 白 | 米 |
| はく Grade: 1 | まい Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) はくまい [hàkúꜜmàì] (Nakadaka – [2])
* (Tokyo) はくまい [hàkúmáí] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ha̠kɯ̟ma̠i]

### Noun

白(はく)米(まい) • (hakumai)
* polished rice

### References

* 1 2 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