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白白

bái bái

HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

白白 (bái bái) means "in vain; to no purpose; for nothing". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 白白 means

1. in vain
2. to no purpose
3. for nothing
4. white

The characters in 白白

• 白báiwhite; snowy; pure
• 白báiwhite; snowy; pure

Example sentences

• 他白白牺牲生命，忘了出卖组织。
  Tā báibái xīshēng shēngmìng, wàng le chūmài zǔzhī.
  He wastes his life, forgetting to betray his organization.

Sounds the same

Read bái bái, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 拜拜(loanword) bye-bye; also pr. bāi bāi etc; (colloquial) to part ways (with sb)

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