白衣 – Vocabulary details

白はく衣い

Meanings

Noun

1. white clothes; white robe

2. white gown (worn by doctors, chemists, etc.)

when read as "はくい"

3. commoner without rank (in ancient China)

when read as "はくい, はくえ"

4. layperson

when read as "びゃくえ, はくえ, しろきぬ, しろぎぬ"

Kanji used

白

white

衣

garment

Pitch accent

は

くい

Used in: 1067

Composed of

白はく

white; striped mullet fry (Mugil cephalus); speech; one's lines; white dragon tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of white dragon tiles; (arch.) white person

衣い

clothing; garment; dress

Used in vocabulary (1 in total)

白はく衣いの天てん使し

nurse; (lit.) angel in white

Examples (3 in total)

トム、白はく衣いを着きてたよ。

Tom was wearing a white lab coat.

看かん護ご婦ふさんは白はく衣いを着きている。

A nurse wears white.

医い者しゃは紺こんのスーツの上うえに白はく衣いを着きていた。