白湯

See also: 白汤

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	soup; hot water
trad. (白湯)		白	湯
simp. (白汤)		白	汤

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): báitāng

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄊㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ tong¹
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁸baq-thaon

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: báitāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄊㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: báitang
  - Wade–Giles: pai²-tʻang¹
  - Yale: bái-tāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairtang
  - Palladius: байтан (bajtan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ tʰɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: baak⁶ tong¹
  - Yale: baahk tōng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ tong¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ tong¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² tʰɔːŋ⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁸baq-thaon
  - MiniDict: bah^入 thaon
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵baq-thaan
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /baʔ¹¹ tʰɑ̃²³/

Noun

白湯

clear soup; unflavoured soup; soup made without soy sauce; unseasoned meat soup
(obsolete) Alternative name for 白開水／白开水 (báikāishuǐ, “plain boiled water”).
(Hong Kong) cream soup

See also

(cream soup): 紅湯／红汤 (hóngtāng)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Originally a compound of 白 (shira → sa, “white”) +‎ 湯 (“hot water”)

Kanji in this term
白	湯
さ Grade: 1	ゆ Grade: 3
irregular	kun’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) さゆ [sáꜜyù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
(Tokyo) さゆ [sàyúꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
IPA^(key): [sa̠jɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

白(さ)湯(ゆ) • (sayu)

plain hot, boiled water for drinking
- 1939, Chikamatsu Shūkō, Kokō Tōei: Biwako Meguri [Traveling around Lake Biwa]‎:
  
  「私(わたし)は白(さ)湯(ゆ)にしてもらう。この方(かた)はお茶(ちゃ)にして、……此(こ)の方(かた)はお茶(ちゃ)にして。」
  “Watashi wa sayu ni shite morau. Ko no kata wa o cha ni shite,……ko no kata wa o cha ni shite.”
  “I shall have hot water. Let this gentleman have tea, let him have tea.”

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
白	湯
しら Grade: 1	ゆ Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɕiɾa̠jɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

白(しら)湯(ゆ) • (shirayu)

plain hot water

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
白	湯
はく Grade: 1	とう Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ha̠kɯ̟ᵝto̞ː]

Noun

白(はく)湯(とう) • (hakutō)

plain hot water (for drinking and for bath, as opposed to a medicated bath)
- 1938, Okamoto Kidō, Meiji jidai no yuya [Bathhouses in the Meiji period]‎:
  
  東京(とうきょう)の湯屋(ゆや)は白(はく)湯(とう)を主(しゅ)としていたのであるが、明(めい)治(じ)二(に)十(じゅう)年(ねん)頃(ごろ)から温(おん)泉(せん)、鉱(こう)泉(せん)、薬(くすり)湯(ゆ)、蒸(むし)風(ぶ)呂(ろ)などの種(しゅ)類(るい)が殖(ふ)えた。
  Tōkyō no yuya wa hakutō o shu to shite ita no de aru ga, meiji nijū nen goro kara onsen, kōsen, kusuriyu, mushiburo nado no shurui ga fueta.
  While most bathhouses in Tokyo used to serve plain hot water, they had a wider variety of services including spring water, mineral water, herbal water, and sauna around Meiji 20 and after.

References

Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō
Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN

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