| 太白粉 |
tài bái fěn |
cornstarch / potato starch |
| 太 |
tài |
highest / greatest / too (much) / very / extremely |
| 太白 |
Tài bái |
Taibai County in Baoji 宝鸡, Shaanxi / Venus |
| 白 |
Bái |
surname Bai |
| 白 |
bái |
white / snowy / pure / bright / empty / blank / plain / clear / to make clear / in vain / gratuitous / free of charge / reactionary / anti-communist / funeral / to stare coldly / to write wrong character / to state / to explain / vernacular / spoken lines in opera |
| 白粉 |
bái fěn |
face powder / chalk powder / heroin |
| 粉 |
fěn |
powder / cosmetic face powder / food prepared from starch; noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour / to turn to powder / (dialect) to whitewash / white / pink / (suffix) fan (abbr. for 粉丝) / to be a fan of |