はくい – Vocabulary details

はくい

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"

Alt. forms

白はく衣い

98%

はくい

Pitch accent

は

くい

Used in: 48

Composed of

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

い

clothing; garment; dress

Used in vocabulary (1 in total)

はくいのてんし

nurse; (lit.) angel in white

Examples (3 in total)

トム、はくいを着きてたよ。

Tom was wearing a white lab coat.

看かん護ご婦ふさんははくいを着きている。

A nurse wears white.

医い者しゃは紺こんのスーツの上うえにはくいを着きていた。