白发 meaning in English

báifà

white or gray hair

Traditional 白髮10 strokes

Meaning of 白发

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

báifà
  1. white or gray hair

Measure word: 根

白发 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ的de白bái发fà越yuè来lái越yuè多duō。
I'm getting more and more gray hair.
她tā的de头tóu发fà中zhōng夹jiā有yǒu白bái发fà。
Her hair is streaked with gray.

Stroke order for each character

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白 bái · white · 5 strokes

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发 fā · to send out · 5 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 白发.

明白míngbaiclear; obvious; unequivocal; sensible; reasonable
白天báitiāndaytime; during the day
发现fāxiànto notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect
出发chūfāto set off; to start (on a journey); (fig.) to proceed from (a particular standpoint or ba
头发tóufahair (on the head)
白色báisèwhite; fig. reactionary
发生fāshēngto happen; to occur; to take place; to arise (e.g. 發生問題|发生问题[fa1 sheng1 wen4 ti2] "a probl
发展fāzhǎndevelopment; growth
发出fāchūto issue (an order, decree etc); to send out; to dispatch; to produce (a sound); to let ou
发明fāmíngto invent; an invention
沙发shāfā(loanword) sofa (CL:條|条[tiao2],張|张[zhang1]); (Internet slang) first reply to a forum post
发表fābiǎoto issue; to publish

Questions about 白发

What does 白发 mean?

白发 (báifà) means "white or gray hair".

How do you write 白发?

白发 is made of 2 characters: 白 (5 strokes), 发 (5 strokes). That is 10 strokes in total.

How is 白发 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 白发 is written 白髮.