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 ㄧㄊㄧㄢㄕˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ ji¹ tin¹ si³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: báiyī tiānshǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄧㄊㄧㄢㄕˇ
  - 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
  - Yale: baahk yī tīn si
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ ji¹ tin¹ si³
  - Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ yi¹ tin¹ xi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² jiː⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵ siː³³/

Noun

白衣天使

(honorific, figurative) nurse; doctors and nurses

Related terms

白衣戰士／白衣战士 (báiyī zhànshì)

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