白斑

báibān
noun #33,899

Measure Word

白斑 kuài

Meanings

  1. 1 white patch
  2. 2 white spot (on skin)
  3. 3 vitiligo

Examples

Tā shǒushàng yǒu yí kuài báibān.
He has a white patch on his hand.
Yīshēng shuō zhè shì báibān, jiànyì zuò jìnyībù jiǎnchá.
The doctor said it's vitiligo and recommended further tests.

Tips

usage
白斑 covers any pale-coloured patch — on skin, on a leaf, on an animal's coat. In a medical context it most often refers to vitiligo (白癜风), a depigmentation condition. Outside medicine it's just descriptive ('a white blotch').

Stroke Order

bái
bān