白面書生

Chinese

	pale face; female prostitute	scholar; intellectual; pedantic scholar
trad. (白面書生)	白面	書生
simp. (白面书生)	白面	书生
Literally: “pale-faced scholar”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): báimiànshūshēng

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄨㄕㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ min⁶ syu¹ sang¹
Eastern Min (BUC): bĕk-miêng-cṳ̆-sĕng
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pe̍k-bīn-su-seng / pe̍h-bīn-su-seng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: báimiànshūshēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄨㄕㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: báimiànshusheng
  - Wade–Giles: pai²-mien⁴-shu¹-shêng¹
  - Yale: bái-myàn-shū-shēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairmiannshusheng
  - Palladius: баймяньшушэн (bajmjanʹšušɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ mi̯ɛn⁵¹ ʂu⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: baak⁶ min⁶ syu¹ sang¹
  - Yale: baahk mihn syū sāng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ min⁶ sy¹ sang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ min⁶ xu¹ seng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² miːn²² syː⁵⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: bĕk-miêng-cṳ̆-sĕng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɛiʔ⁵⁻²¹ mieŋ²⁴²⁽⁻²¹⁾ ^(t͡s-)ʒy⁵⁵ ^(s-)lɛiŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍k-bīn-su-seng
  - Tâi-lô: pi̍k-bīn-su-sing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pegbixnsusefng
  - IPA (Taipei): /piɪk̚⁴⁻³² bin³³⁻¹¹ su⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɪk̚⁴⁻³² bin³³⁻²¹ su⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-bīn-su-seng
  - Tâi-lô: pe̍h-bīn-su-sing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: peqbixnsusefng
  - IPA (Taipei): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ bin³³⁻¹¹ su⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ bin³³⁻²¹ su⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/

Idiom

白面書生

young scholar who is well-versed in academic theories but lacks real-life experience; young and inexperienced person without practical experience

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