粵

白baak6板baan2

baak6 baan2bái bǎn

English

  1. whiteboard
  2. whiteboard
  3. tabula rasa
  4. blank slate
  5. (in mahjong) one of the honor tiles, the pattern is a empty frame; it belongs to Dragon tiles, with the Red Center, Green Rich, called "Center, Rich, White Dragons". Literally: white board
  6. a special term used within the bus-lover subculture, referring to the white painted buses with air conditioning

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 一塊垂直嘅白色嘅鐵板,可以用Marker筆喺上面寫字,用完可以擦返甩。通常會喺學校上堂同埋開會傾嘢嗰時用到(量詞:塊)
  2. (麻雀用語) 屬番子牌,圖案係一個空白框;為三元牌之一,同紅中、發財合稱「中發白」
  3. 香港巴士術語,指舊款白色車身嘅冷氣巴士

Examples

  • 白板筆

    white board marker

  • 用白板寫嘢成日整到成手都係。

    I always get marker ink all over my hand every time I use a whiteboard.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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