白板

báibǎn

noun

Measure Word

一块白板 kuài

Meanings

1 whiteboard
2 blank slate; tabula rasa
3 (mahjong) the white/blank tile

Characters

Examples

老师在白板上画了一个图。

Lǎoshī zài báibǎn shàng huà le yígè tú.

The teacher drew a diagram on the whiteboard.

他的简历几乎一片白板。

Tā de jiǎnlì jīhū yípiàn báibǎn.

His resume is almost a blank slate.

Tips

culture

In mahjong 白板 is the completely blank tile from the 三元牌 (three dragons) set — it pairs with 中 (red) and 发 (green). The metaphor ‘blank slate’ feeds naturally from that tile and from the literal whiteboard surface.

Stroke Order

白 bái

板 bǎn