{"id":14681,"date":"2019-03-18T08:00:03","date_gmt":"2019-03-18T12:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/?p=14681"},"modified":"2019-03-16T13:00:46","modified_gmt":"2019-03-16T17:00:46","slug":"the-different-usages-of-the-character-%e7%99%bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/the-different-usages-of-the-character-%e7%99%bd\/","title":{"rendered":"The Different Usages of the Character \u767d"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When learning a new language you should begin with the basics: numbers, directions, colors, etc. And this is how I was introduced to the character \u767d (b\u00e1i). A simple five-stroke-character meaning \u201cwhite\u201d. While pursuing my Chinese studies I occasionally encounter this character. Sometimes it maintains its meaning as white, but sometimes it means something else. To learn more about this character, here is a list of 5 useful words using \u767d:<\/p>\n

\u767d\u65e5\u68a6 (b\u00e1i r\u00ec m\u00e8ng, daydream<\/em>)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Whenever I get bored I drift off in a daydream, so this is a sentence I frequently hear: \u4f60\u522b\u767d\u65e5\u505a\u68a6\u4e86 (n\u012d bi\u00e9\u00a0b\u00e1i r\u00ec zu\u00f2 m\u00e8ng\u00a0le, stop daydreaming<\/em>). In this three words phrase \u2013 \u767d\u65e5\u68a6 (b\u00e1i r\u00ec m\u00e8ng), \u767d means bright<\/em>, \u660e\u4eae (m\u00edng li\u00e0ng). Together with time unit words like\u65e5 (r\u00ec, day<\/em>), it means daytime<\/em>. This is also true of other phrases like \u767d\u5929 (b\u00e1i ti\u0101n) and \u767d\u663c (b\u00e1i zh\u00f2u). It also appears in the idiom \u771f\u76f8\u5927\u767d (zh\u0113n xi\u00e0ng d\u00e0 b\u00e1i), meaning the truth appeared in daylight<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u660e\u767d (<\/strong>m\u00edng b\u00e1i<\/strong>, to understand<\/em>)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u660e\u767d (m\u00edng b\u00e1i, to understand<\/em>) is one of my favorite verbs. Easy to pronounce and very useful.<\/p>\n

\u4f60\u660e\u767d\u4e86\u5417\uff1f (n\u01d0 m\u00edng b\u00e1i le ma?) = do you understand?<\/em><\/p>\n

\u6211\u660e\u767d\u4e86 (w\u01d2 m\u00edng b\u00e1i le) = I understand<\/em><\/p>\n

But I never stopped to realize that \u767d in this phrase actually means clear<\/em>, \u6e05\u695a (q\u012bng ch\u01d4). As in other words, like the adjective \u6d45\u767d (qi\u01cen b\u00e1i), meaning easy to understand<\/em>, in which \u6d45 stands for easy<\/em> and \u767d for clear<\/em>. Another example is the word \u8fa9\u767d (bi\u00e0n b\u00e1i), which the Chinese dictionary stresses the importance of the presence of \u767d. While \u8fa9 means to debate<\/em>, \u767d donates clear<\/em>. Together it means to <\/em>plead innocence<\/em>, to <\/em>clear oneself<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u767d\u624b\u8d77\u5bb6 (b\u00e1i sh\u01d2u q\u01d0 ji\u0101<\/strong>, to build from scratch<\/em>) \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u767d means empty<\/em>, \u7a7a\u7684 (k\u014dng de). You\u2019ll find it in words like: \u7a7a\u767d (k\u00f2ng b\u00e1i), meaning blank<\/em>; \u767d\u5730 (b\u00e1i d\u00ec), meaning a land that is not farmed or occupied<\/em>; \u00a0and \u767d\u5377 (b\u00e1iju\u0103n), meaning unanswered examination paper<\/em>. For example:<\/p>\n