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bah-cŏk 白濁 gonorrhoea, gleet.
bǎh-cüi 白水 plain water, vs., tea.
băh-cũi (láng) ciang 白水 insipid, tasteless.
bǎh-cu 白煮 to boil it without seasoning.
băh cũng 白種 the white race, Caucasian.
bah chải 白菜 the Chinese cabbage, Brassica chinensis.
bǎh-chá-chá very white.
bǎh-chiók 白芍 the white peony.
băh đái 白帶 leucorrhea.
bǎh-dáh (or gák) 白鴿 the domestic dove.
bah-dâung (chěk) 白撞(贼) a thief who goes in on a pretence.
bäh-ding (or sing) 白丁(身) a common man, without a degree.
bah-deng 白銅 white brass.
bǎh-déuk-buó 白竹布 white brocades.
băh gắn 白膠 resin.
bǎh-ging 白金 platinum, silver, (bah-ngung).
băh-gioi 白粿 a kind of hard rice cake, made of găng-ni
bǎh-heu 白喉 diphtheria.
bǎh-hu 白虎 white tiger, (term in geomancy).
băh (hù) tiêu 白(楜)椒 white pepper.
bǎh-huàng 白礬 alum.
bǎh-huk-ling 白茯苓 white China-root, Pachyma cocos Fr.
bǎh-hui 白灰 lime.
bäh-hüng 白粉 white chalk, (bah-měk).
bǎh-iéng 白燕 a canary.
băh-iong 白鉛 spelter, zinc.
bǎh-kié 白契 an unstamped deed, (èng-kié).
bah-lāk 白蠟 wax, bees' wax.
băh-làng-gáu 白蓮 the White Lily Sect, (treasonable).
bah-lá-lá very pale, as one's face.
bǎh-ling 白綾 a kind of silk.
bǎh-ló 白露 "white dew"-the 15th Solar term, Sept. 8th.
bal-lô 白鷺 a white egret-heron.
bǎh-mau-gŏng 白茅根 roots of couch grass, used as a febrifuge.
bǎh-méng 白面 "a white face" prostitute, (gê-nu).