Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bai

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.18 in modern English

Syllables: bai
IPA

5

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A marshy meadow in sub-Saharan Africa.

intj

Eye dialect spelling of bye.

noun

A yellow mist occurring in spring and fall in China and Japan, caused by yellow dust blown from central China.

noun

An ethnic group of China.

name

name

The language of the Bai ethnic group.

name

An island off the coast of Sabah, Malaysia

Example Sentences

"One thing about the bais that I hadn't fully taken on board while reading about them was that they tend to be waterlogged because they are usually associated with marshes, streams or springs. […] venturing into the bai, but […] plunging into the bai because […]"
"Gorillas (and other wildlife) frequent such bais, which are waterlogged and sunny, because of the sodium-rich sedges and asters that grow beneath the open sky."

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 霾 (bai). First recorded in English in the 1910s.

Origin

Source language: Chinese

Word Breakdown

Root: 白

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Places.

Inflected Forms

bais (plural) Bái (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

cheebai

Synonyms

baic baic language bai language

Questions

What does bai mean?: A marshy meadow in sub-Saharan Africa.
Where does bai come from?: It is traced to Chinese.

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