mín jiā 
		minka
commoner's house
Bai ethnic group
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Bái Jū yì 
		Bai Juyi (772-846), Tang dynasty poet
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bái 
		white
snowy
pure
bright
empty
blank
plain
clear
to make clear
in vain
gratuitous
free of charge
reactionary
anti-communist
funeral
to stare coldly
to write wrong character
to state
to explain
vernacular
spoken lines in opera
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bǎi 
		hundred
numerous
all kinds of
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			míng bai 
		clear
obvious
unequivocal
to understand
to realize
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bǎi 
		to arrange
to exhibit
to move to and fro
a pendulum
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bài 
		Japanese variant of 拜[bai4]
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Bīng Jiā 
		Military School of Thought, one of the Hundred Schools of Thought 諸子百家|诸子百家[Zhū zǐ Bǎi Jiā] of the Warring States Period (475-220BC)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Bǎi 
		surname Bai
Taiwan pr. [Bo2]
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bǎi 
		cedar
cypress
Taiwan pr. [bo2]
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Lǐ Bái 
		Li Bai (701-762), famous Tang Dynasty poet
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bài 
		to defeat
to damage
to lose (to an opponent)
to fail
to wither
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bài 
		to pay respect
worship
visit
salute
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Xiáng yún 
		Xiangyun county in Dali Bai autonomous prefecture 大理白族自治州[Da4 li3 Bai2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Yún lóng 
		Yunlong district of Xuzhou city 徐州市[Xu2 zhou1 shi4], Jiangsu
Yunlong county in Dali Bai autonomous prefecture 大理白族自治州[Da4 li3 Bai2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Dà lǐ 
		Dali Bai autonomous prefecture 大理白族自治州 in Yunnan
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bāi 
		to break off or break open sth with one's hands
(fig.) to break off (a relationship)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bǎi 
		hundred (banker's anti-fraud numeral)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bài 
		to chant
see 梵唄|梵呗[fan4 bai4]
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bài 
		barnyard millet (Echinochloa crus-galli)
Panicum crus-galli
(literary) insignificant
trivial
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			nòng míng bai 
		to figure out how to do something
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bù tài míng bai 
		(question is) not completely clear
I don't get it
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Xiǎo shuō Jiā 
		School of Minor-talks, one of the Hundred Schools of Thought 諸子百家|诸子百家[Zhū zǐ Bǎi Jiā] during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Yǒng píng 
		Yongping county in Dali Bai autonomous prefecture 大理白族自治州[Da4 li3 Bai2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Dà lǐ zhōu 
		abbr. for 大理白族自治州, Dali Bai autonomous prefecture in Yunnan
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Dà lǐ shì 
		Dali city, capital of Dali Bai autonomous prefecture 大理白族自治州 in Yunnan
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			pí pa xíng 
		Song of the Pipa Player, long poem by Tang poet Bai Juyi 白居易
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Lǚ shì chūn qiū 
		lit “Mr Lü's Spring and Autumn (Annals)”, compendium of the philosophies of the Hundred Schools of Thought諸子百家|诸子百家 [Zhū zǐ Bǎi Jiā], compiled around 239 BC under the patronage of Qin Dynasty 秦代[Qín Dài] Chancellor Lü Buwei.呂不韋|吕不韦[Lǚ Bù wéi]
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Dà lǐ Bái zú zì zhì zhōu 
		Dali Bai autonomous prefecture in Yunnan
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Bái Xiān yǒng 
		Bai Xianyong (1937-), Chinese-Taiwanese-US novelist of Hui descent
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Jiàn chuān 
		Jianchuan county in Dali Bai autonomous prefecture 大理白族自治州[Da4 li3 Bai2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Hè qìng 
		Heqing county in Dali Bai autonomous prefecture 大理白族自治州[Da4 li3 Bai2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Bīn chuān 
		Binchuan county in Dali Bai autonomous prefecture 大理白族自治州[Da4 li3 Bai2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Bái Chóng xǐ 
		Bai Chongxi (1893-1966), a leader of Guangxi warlord faction, top Nationalist general, played important role in Chiang Kaishek's campaigns 1926-1949
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Bái Qǐ 
		Bai Qi (-258 BC), famous general of Qin 秦國|秦国, the victor at 長平|长平 in 260 BC
same as 公孫起|公孙起
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Ěr yuán 
		Eryuan county in Dali Bai autonomous prefecture 大理白族自治州[Da4 li3 Bai2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Lán píng 
		Lanping Bai and Pumi autonomous county in Nujiang Lisu autonomous prefecture 怒江傈僳族自治州[Nu4 jiang1 Li4 su4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1] in northwest Yunnan
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shū bai 
		(of cousins) descending from the same grandfather or great-grandfather
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bái sù zhēn 
		(name of a person) Bai Suzhen, from Madam White Snake
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bǎi 
		hem at the bottom of garment
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Mí dù 
		Midu county in Dali Bai autonomous prefecture 大理白族自治州[Da4 li3 Bai2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			mài tàn wēng 
		the old charcoal seller, poem by Tang poet Bai Juyi 白居易