白垩

白堊
báiè
chalk

CEDICT

白色的土状物。是非晶质的石灰岩，亦是製造石灰及瓷器的原料。

重編國語辭典

Homographs

白垩 bái'è

Entry Composition

1 白 bái
  1. white
  2. snowy
  3. pure
  4. bright
  5. empty
  6. blank
  7. plain
  8. clear
  9. to make clear
  10. in vain
  11. gratuitous
  12. free of charge
  13. reactionary
  14. anti-communist
  15. funeral
  16. to stare coldly
  17. to write wrong character
  18. to state
  19. to explain
  20. vernacular
  21. spoken lines in opera
2 垩 è
  1. to whitewash
  2. to plaster

Containing this entry

白垩世 Báièshì Cretaceous (geological period 140-65m years ago)
白垩纪 Báièjì Cretaceous (geological period 140-65m years ago)
白垩纪 Bái'è Jì

Related entries

粉笔 fěnbǐ chalk

classifiers: 支, 段

用粉笔写字不容易。

It is not easy to write in chalk.

Source: Tatoeba