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bai¹

noun bais

  1. A marshy meadow in sub-Saharan Africa. One thing about the bais that I hadn't fully taken on board while reading about them was that they tend to be waterlogged because they are usually associated with marshes, streams or springs. […] venturing into the bai, but […] plunging into the bai because […]

bai²

interjection

  1. Internet, pronunciation spelling Eye dialect spelling of bye

bai³

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Japanese 霾 (bai). First recorded in English in the 1910s.

noun bais

  1. A yellow mist occurring in spring and fall in China and Japan, caused by yellow dust blown from central China.

Bai⁴

Where it comes from

From Chinese 白 (Bái). Doublet of Bach (Vietnamese surname).

noun Bái

  1. plural, plural only An ethnic group of China.

proper noun Bái

  1. A surname.
  2. The language of the Bai ethnic group.

Bai⁵

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Malay Bai.

proper noun

  1. An island off the coast of Sabah, Malaysia

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: baic, bali, belarus, belarusian, belarussian, bia, pui, ebay, white, preverbal, bay, any, pak, bradbury, charlene, paik

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中文白族 báizú
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"bai." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bai. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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bai. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/bai

Chicago

"bai." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bai.

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@misc{bai_2026,
  title = {bai},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bai},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}