白
领

White-collar in Chinese: 白领 (bái lǐng)

bái lǐng

white-collar

HSK 3.0 Level 6Traditional: 白領1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1white-collar
  2. 2white-collar worker

Stroke order

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白
领

Zhuyin

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ㄅㄞˊ

bái

ㄅ/ bㄞ/ aiˊ/ second tone

ㄌㄧㄥˇ

lǐng

ㄌ/ lㄧ/ iㄥ/ engˇ/ third tone

Simplified & traditional

白领

Simplified

白領

Traditional

Example sentences

See 白领 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 她是一名城里的白领。

    tā shì yì míng chéng lǐ de bái lǐng。

    She is a white-collar worker in the city.

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Related words

白

bái

white

领

lǐng

neck

明白

míng bai

clear

本领

běn lǐng

skill

领导

lǐng dǎo

lead

领域

lǐng yù

domain

白天

bái tiān

daytime

白色

bái sè

white

白菜

bái cài

Chinese cabbage

带领

dài lǐng

to guide

领先

lǐng xiān

to lead

白酒

bái jiǔ

baijiu, a spirit usually distilled from sorghum

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