白衣天使

Chinese

		white clothes; white robe, dress or coat; fameless person white clothes; white robe, dress or coat; fameless person; commoner	angel; emissary of the emperor
simp. and trad. (白衣天使)		白衣	天使
Literally: “an angel dressed in white”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báiyī tiānshǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄧ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄕˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ ji¹ tin¹ si³ / baak⁶ ji¹ tin¹ si⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pe̍h-i thian-sài / pe̍k-i thian-sài

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báiyī tiānshǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄧ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄕˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báiyi tianshǐh
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-i¹ tʻien¹-shih³
    • Yale: bái-yī tyān-shř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairi tianshyy
    • Palladius: байи тяньши (baji tjanʹši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ i⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ ji¹ tin¹ si³ / baak⁶ ji¹ tin¹ si⁵
    • Yale: baahk yī tīn si / baahk yī tīn síh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ ji¹ tin¹ si³ / baak⁹ ji¹ tin¹ si⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ yi¹ tin¹ xi³ / bag⁶ yi¹ tin¹ xi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² jiː⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵ siː³³/, /paːk̚² jiː⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵ siː¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-i thian-sài
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍h-i thian-sài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peq'y tiensaix
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ i⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ sai²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ i⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ sai¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍k-i thian-sài
    • Tâi-lô: pi̍k-i thian-sài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peg'y tiensaix
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɪk̚⁴⁻³² i⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ sai²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /piɪk̚⁴⁻³² i⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ sai¹¹/

Noun

白衣天使

1. (honorific, figurative) nurse; doctors and nurses

Related terms

• 白衣戰士／白衣战士 (báiyī zhànshì)