Word Meaning 蒼白

そうはく souhaku

蒼白 is read as そうはく (souhaku) and means pale.

Meaning

English

  1. pale
  2. pallid

Reading

Kana

そうはく

Romaji

souhaku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 18 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Jinmeiyō Kanken 準1級 Antonyms 紅潮 Rank 139850 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

蒼白色

そうはくしょく

pale

顔面蒼白

がんめんそうはく

one's face turning pale (ashen)

潔白

けっぱく

innocence

漂白

ひょうはく

blanching

独白

どくはく

talking to oneself

道徳的空白

どうとくてきくうはく

moral vacuum

仮面の告白

かめんのこくはく

Confessions of a Mask (1949 novel by Yukio Mishima)

激白

げきはく

candidly revealing (secrets)

亭主関白

ていしゅかんぱく

domineering husband

黒縁目白

くろへりめじろ

copper shark (Carcharhinus brachyurus, only member of Carcharhinus found mostly at temperate latitudes)

信仰告白

しんこうこくはく

profession of faith

謹白

きんぱく

yours sincerely

Example Sentences

4

You are as white as a sheet.

Shoichi's face turned pale.

The colour drained from her face at the news of the traffic accident.

Today, the managing director came in carrying a computer. Well, I was surprised and asked, "Can I help you with anything?", and he said, "My computer stopped working, so I called, but Tanaka told me to bring it up to the 4th floor, so here I am." Everyone turned pale. Well, needless to say, our boss gave Tanaka a real going-over. It couldn't be helped. It could've been any one of us though, so I thought, "I better be careful."