Meanings
bai1
plural bais
- A marshy meadow in sub-Saharan Africa.
Gorillas (and other wildlife) frequent such bais, which are waterlogged and sunny, because of the sodium-rich sedges and asters that grow beneath the open sky.
2012, David Quammen, Spillover, →ISBN, page 641 more example
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 […]
2012 August 23, Nick Middleton, Surviving Extremes: Ice, Jungle, Sand and Swamp, Pan Macmillan, →ISBN, page 84
bai2
- Internetpronunciation spellingEye dialect spelling of bye.
bai3
plural bais
- A yellow mist occurring in spring and fall in China and Japan, caused by yellow dust blown from central China.
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Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
bai · noun
- Japanese霾
- Englishbai
Borrowed from Japanese 霾 (bai). First recorded in English in the 1910s.
More words from Japanese
Full word history & related roots →Bai · noun, proper noun
- Chinese白
- EnglishBai
From Chinese 白 (Bái). Doublet of Bach (Vietnamese surname).
More words from Chinese
Full word history & related roots →Bai · proper noun
- MalayBai
- EnglishBai
Borrowed from Malay Bai.
More words from Malay
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 白族
- 白族 (báizú)Translations
Vietnamese người Bạch
- người BạchTranslations
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
bai. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bai
“bai.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bai. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bai,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bai.
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