白了

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); (completed action marker)
simp. and trad. (白了)		白	了

Pronunciation

Min Nan (POJ): pe̍h-liáu / pe̍eh-liáu

Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-liáu
  - Tâi-lô: pe̍h-liáu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: peqliao
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻²² liaʊ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ liaʊ⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍eh-liáu
  - Tâi-lô: pe̍eh-liáu
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɛ(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ liaʊ⁵³/

Verb

白了

(Min Nan) to waste (time, energy, effort, etc.)

Synonyms

揮霍／挥霍 (huīhuò)
枉費／枉费 (wǎngfèi)
浪費／浪费 (làngfèi)
無彩／无彩 (Min Nan)
白費／白费 (báifèi)

空費／空费 (kōngfèi)
糟蹋 (zāotà)
虛耗／虚耗 (xūhào)
靡費／靡费 (mífèi) (formal)

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