Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dabai

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dabai
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An official of the Chinese government wearing a white biosafety suit.

noun

Sarawak olive (Canarium odontophyllum)

Etymology

Borrowed from Chinese 大白 (dàbái). Coined during the COVID-19 pandemic when they were ubiquitous in China.

Inflected Forms

dabais (plural)

Questions

What does dabai mean?: An official of the Chinese government wearing a white biosafety suit.
Where does dabai come from?: Borrowed from Chinese 大白 (dàbái). Coined during the COVID-19 pandemic when they were ubiquitous in China.

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