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(bái) surname Bai

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(bái) white; snowy; pure; bright; empty; blank; plain; clear; to make clear; in vain; gratuitous; free of charge; reactionary; anti-communist; funeral; to stare coldly; to write wrong character; to state; to explain; vernacular; spoken lines in opera

白下 (w)

(báixià) Baixia district of Nanjing City 南京市 in Jiangsu 江蘇|江苏

白下区 (w)

(báixiàqū) Baixia district of Nanjing City 南京市 in Jiangsu 江蘇|江苏

白干儿 (w)

(báigānr) alcoholic spirit; strong white rice wine

白事 (w)

(báishì) funeral; to explain (literary)

白云母 (w)

(báiyúnmǔ) muscovite; white mica

白人 (w)

(báirén) white man and woman

白令海 (w)

(báilìnghǎi) Bering Sea

白令海峡 (w)

(báilìnghǎixiá) the Bering straits (between Siberia and Alaska)

白佛 (w)

(báifó) to ask Buddha

白俄 (w)

(báié) abbr. for 白俄羅斯|白俄罗斯 Belarus

白俄罗斯 (w)

(báiéluósī) Belarus; Byelorussia; White Russia

白俄罗斯人 (w)

(báiéluósīrén) Byelorussian (person)

白先勇 (w)

(báixiānyǒng) Bai Xianyong (1937-), Chinese-Taiwanese-US novelist of Hui descent

白内障 (w)

(báinèizhàng) cataract

白冰冰 (w)

(báibīngbīng) Pai Ping-ping (well-known Taiwan performing artist)

白刃 (w)

(báirèn) naked sword

白切鸡 (w)

(báiqiējī) Cantonese poached chicken, known as "white cut chicken"

白化病 (w)

(báihuàbìng) albinism

白化症 (w)

(báihuàzhèng) albinism

白匪 (w)

(báifěi) White bandits

白区 (w)

(báiqū) White Area

白卷 (w)

(báijuàn) blank exam paper

白口铁 (w)

(báikǒutiě) white iron

白吃 (w)

(báichī) to eat without paying; to eat for free

白吃白喝 (w)

(báichībáihē) to freeload

白唇鹿 (w)

(báichúnlù) Cervus albirostris (white-lipped deer)

白喉 (w)

(báihóu) diphtheria

白喉杆菌 (w)

(báihóugǎnjūn) Klebs-Loeddler bacillus (the diphtheria bacterium)

白喉毒素 (w)

(báihóudúsù) diphtheria toxin

白城 (w)

(báichéng) Baicheng prefecture level city in Jilin province 吉林省 in northeast China

白城地区 (w)

(báichéngdìqū) former Baicheng prefecture, Jilin

白城市 (w)

(báichéngshì) Baicheng prefecture level city in Jilin province 吉林省 in northeast China

白垩 (w)

(báiè) chalk

白垩世 (w)

(báièshì) Cretaceous (geological period)

白垩纪 (w)

(báièjì) Cretaceous (geological period 140-65m years ago)

白报纸 (w)

(báibàozhǐ) newsprint

白塔区 (w)

(báitǎqū) Baita district of Liaoyang city 遼陽市|辽阳市[Liao2 yang2 shi4], Liaoning

白塔寺 (w)

(báitǎsì) Baita temple in Lanzhou 蘭州|兰州[Lan2 zhou1]

白壁微瑕 (w)

(báibìwēixiá) a slight blemish

白壁无瑕 (w)

(báibìwúxiá) impeccable moral integrity

白夜 (w)

(báiyè) white night

白天 (w)

(báitiān) daytime; during the day; day; CL:個|个[ge4]

白奴 (w)

(báinú) white-collar slave (office worker who is overworked and exploited)

白嫩 (w)

(báinèn) (of skin etc) fair; delicate

白字 (w)

(báizì) wrongly written or mispronounced character

白安居 (w)

(báiānjū) B&Q (DIY and home improvement retailer)

白宫 (w)

(báigōng) White House

白宫群英 (w)

(báigōngqúnyīng) The West Wing (US TV series)

白居易 (w)

(báijūyì) Bai Juyi (772-846), Tang dynasty poet

白屈菜 (w)

(báiqūcài) greater celandine

白山 (w)

(báishān) Baishan prefecture level city in Jilin province 吉林省 in northeast China

白山宗 (w)

(báishānzōng) Sufi sect of Islam in central Asia

白山市 (w)

(báishānshì) Baishan prefecture level city in Jilin province 吉林省 in northeast China

白山派 (w)

(báishānpài) Sufi sect of Islam in central Asia

白崇禧 (w)

(báichóngxǐ) Bai Chongxi (1893-1966), a leader of Guangxi warlord faction, top Nationalist general, played important role in Chiang Kaishek's campaigns 1926-1949

白布 (w)

(báibù) plain white cloth; calico

白帝城 (w)

(báidìchéng) Baidi town in Chongqing 重慶|重庆, north of the Changjiang, an important tourist attraction

白干儿 (w)

(báigānr) alcoholic spirit; strong white rice wine

白厅 (w)

(báitīng) Whitehall

白手起家 (w)

(báishǒuqǐjiā) to build up from nothing; to start from scratch

白托 (w)

(báituō) day care for the elderly (abbr. of 白天托管[bai2 tian1 tuo1 guan3]); to be blinded by greed; swindler (homonym of 拜託|拜托[bai4 tuo1])

白扯淡 (w)

(báichědàn) to talk rubbish (colloquial)

白扯蛋 (w)

(báichědàn) variant of 白扯淡[bai2 che3 dan4]

白拣 (w)

(báijiǎn) a cheap choice; to choose sth that costs nothing

白描 (w)

(báimiáo) line drawing in traditional ink and brush style; simple and straightforward style of writing

白搭 (w)

(báidā) no use; no good

白撞 (w)

(báizhuàng) (car) accident where the driver is not held responsible

白文 (w)

(báiwén) the text of an annotated book; an unannotated edition of a book; intagliated characters (on a seal)

白旄黄钺 (w)

(báimáohuángyuè) white banner and yellow battle-ax (idiom); refers to military expedition

白族 (w)

(báizú) Bai (ethnic group)

白旗 (w)

(báiqí) white flag

白日 (w)

(báirì) daytime; sun; time

白日做梦 (w)

(báirìzuòmèng) to daydream; to indulge in wishful thinking

白日梦 (w)

(báirìmèng) daydream; reverie

白昼 (w)

(báizhòu) daytime

白晓燕 (w)

(báixiǎoyàn) Pai Hsiao-yen (daughter of Pai Ping-ping)

白朗 (w)

(báilǎng) Bainang county, Tibetan: Pa snam rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet

白朗县 (w)

(báilǎngxiàn) Bainang county, Tibetan: Pa snam rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet

白木耳 (w)

(báimùěr) tremella

白术 (w)

(báizhú) the rhizome of large-headed atractylodes (Atractylodes macrocephaia)

白板 (w)

(báibǎn) whiteboard

白板笔 (w)

(báibǎnbǐ) whiteboard marker; dry-erase marker

白果 (w)

(báiguǒ) ginkgo

白条 (w)

(báitiáo) IOU; informal document acknowledging a debt

白棉纸 (w)

(báimiánzhǐ) stencil tissue paper

白杨 (w)

(báiyáng) poplar; CL:棵[ke1]

白杨树 (w)

(báiyángshù) white poplar (Populus bonatii)

白榴石 (w)

(báiliúshí) leucite

白朴 (w)

(báipǔ) Bai Pu (1226-1306), Yuan dynasty dramatist in the 雜劇|杂剧 tradition of musical comedy, one of the Four Great Yuan dramatists 元曲四大家

白僵蚕 (w)

(báijiāngcán) the larva of silkworm with batrytis

白毛 (w)

(báimáo) white hair (of animals); see also 白髮|白发[bai2 fa4]

白毛女 (w)

(báimáonǚ) The White Haired Girl (1950), one of the first PRC films

白水 (w)

(báishuǐ) Baishui county in Weinan 渭南[Wei4 nan2], Shaanxi

白水 (w)

(báishuǐ) plain water

白水晶 (w)

(báishuǐjīng) rock crystal (mineral)

白水江自然保护区 (w)

(báishuǐjiāngzìránbǎohùqū) Baishuijiang Nature Reserve, Gansu

白水泥 (w)

(báishuǐní) white cement

白水县 (w)

(báishuǐxiàn) Baishui county in Wèinán 渭南[Wei4 nan2], Shǎnxī

白求恩 (w)

(báiqiúēn) Norman Bethune (1890-1939), Canadian doctor, worked for communists in Spanish civil war and for Mao in Yan'an, where he died of blood poisoning

白沙 (w)

(báishā) Baisha (common place name); Baisha Lizu autonomous county, Hainan; Baisha or Paisha township in Penghu county 澎湖縣|澎湖县[Peng2 hu2 xian4] (Pescadores Islands), Taiwan

白沙工农区 (w)

(báishāgōngnóngqū) Baisha Gongnong area in Dazhou 達州|达州[Da2 zhou1], Sichuan northeast Sichuan, amalgamated into Wanyuan county level city 萬源|万源[Wan4 yuan2] in 1993

白沙瓦 (w)

(báishāwǎ) Peshawar, city in north Pakistan

白沙县 (w)

(báishāxiàn) Baisha Lizu autonomous county, Hainan

白沙乡 (w)

(báishāxiāng) Baisha or Paisha township in Penghu county 澎湖縣|澎湖县[Peng2 hu2 xian4] (Pescadores Islands), Taiwan

白沙黎族自治县 (w)

(báishālízúzìzhìxiàn) Baisha Lizu autonomous county, Hainan

白沫 (w)

(báimò) froth; foam (coming from the mouth)

白河 (w)

(báihé) Baihe county in Ānkāng 安康[An1 kang1], Shǎnxī; Paiho town in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[Tai2 nan2 xian4], Taiwan

白河县 (w)

(báihéxiàn) Baihe county in Ānkāng 安康[An1 kang1], Shǎnxī

白河镇 (w)

(báihézhèn) Paiho town in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[Tai2 nan2 xian4], Taiwan

白洋淀 (w)

(báiyángdiàn) Lake Baiyangdian

白海 (w)

(báihǎi) White Sea

白净 (w)

(báijìng) (of skin) fair and clear

白浊 (w)

(báizhuó) gonorrhea (old term); now written 淋病[lin2 bing4]

白煤 (w)

(báiméi) anthracite; hard coal; white coal; waterpower

白熊 (w)

(báixióng) polar bear; white bear

白热 (w)

(báirè) white heat; incandescence

白热化 (w)

(báirèhuà) turn white hot

白炽 (w)

(báichì) white heat; incandescence

白炽灯 (w)

(báichìdēng) incandescent light

白狐 (w)

(báihú) arctic fox

白玉 (w)

(báiyù) Baiyü county (Tibetan: dpal yul rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州[Gan1 zi1 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)

白玉 (w)

(báiyù) white jade; tofu (by analogy)

白玉县 (w)

(báiyùxiàn) Baiyü county (Tibetan: dpal yul rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州[Gan1 zi1 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)

白班儿 (w)

(báibānr) day shift

白痢 (w)

(báilì) dysentery characterized by white mucous stool; white diarrhea

白痴 (w)

(báichī) idiocy; idiot

白癜风 (w)

(báidiànfēng) vitiligo

白白 (w)

(báibái) in vain; to no purpose; for nothing; white

白皙 (w)

(báixī) fair; white; blonde

白皮书 (w)

(báipíshū) white paper (e.g. containing proposals for new legislation); white book

白皮松 (w)

(báipísōng) lacebark pine

白目 (w)

(báimù) (slang) stupid; moron

白眉拳 (w)

(báiméiquán) Pak Mei or Bak Mei - "White Eyebrow" (Chinese Martial Art)

白眼 (w)

(báiyǎn) supercilious look

白眼珠 (w)

(báiyǎnzhū) white of the eye

白眼珠儿 (w)

(báiyǎnzhūr) erhua variant of 白眼珠, white of the eye

白矮星 (w)

(báiǎixīng) white dwarf

白石砬子 (w)

(báishílázi) national nature reserve at Kuandian 寬甸|宽甸 in Liaoning

白砒 (w)

(báipī) white arsenic; arsenic trioxide

白碑 (w)

(báibēi) stone tablet without inscription; blank stele

白磷 (w)

(báilín) white phosphorus

白票 (w)

(báipiào) blank vote; abstention

白种 (w)

(báizhǒng) the white race

白简 (w)

(báijiǎn) Wrigley's Spearmint (brand)

白米 (w)

(báimǐ) (polished) rice

白粉 (w)

(báifěn) whiting

白粉病 (w)

(báifěnbìng) powdery mildew

白糖 (w)

(báitáng) (refined) white sugar

白纸黑字 (w)

(báizhǐhēizì) (written) in black and white

白素贞 (w)

(báisùzhēn) (name of a person) Bai Suzhen, from Madam White Snake

白细胞 (w)

(báixìbāo) white blood cell; leucocyte

白线 (w)

(báixiàn) white line (road markings)

白羊 (w)

(báiyáng) Aries (star sign)

白羊座 (w)

(báiyángzuò) Aries (constellation and sign of the zodiac)

白羊朝 (w)

(báiyángcháo) Ak Koyunlu or Aq Qoyunlu Turkoman confederation of eastern Iran (c. 1378-c. 1500)

白翎岛 (w)

(báilíngdǎo) Baengnyeong Island of South Korea, near the Northern Limit Line

白翎面 (w)

(báilíngmiàn) Baengnyeong township (South Korea); see also 白翎島|白翎岛[Bai2 ling2 dao3]

白翳 (w)

(báiyì) opacity of the cornea (in traditional Chinese medicine); cataract

白肉 (w)

(báiròu) plain boiled pork

白胡椒 (w)

(báihújiāo) white peppercorn

白脸 (w)

(báiliǎn) white face; face painting in Beijing Opera etc

白色 (w)

(báisè) white; fig. reactionary; anti-communist

白色人种 (w)

(báisèrénzhǒng) the white race

白色恐怖 (w)

(báisèkǒngbù) White Terror

白色情人节 (w)

(báisèqíngrénjié) White Day

白色战剂 (w)

(báisèzhànjì) Agent White

白色体 (w)

(báisètǐ) leucoplast

白芍 (w)

(báisháo) root of herbaceous peony (Paeonia lactiflora), used in traditional Chinese medicine

白芝麻 (w)

(báizhīma) sesame seed

白花花 (w)

(báihuāhuā) shining white

白花蛇 (w)

(báihuāshé) long-nosed pit viper (agkistrodon acutus)

白茅 (w)

(báimáo) cogon grass (Imperata cylindrica), used as thatching material in China and Indonesia

白茫茫 (w)

(báimángmáng) (of mist, snow, floodwater etc) a vast expanse of whiteness

白苋 (w)

(báixiàn) white amaranth (Amaranthus albus); sprouts and tender leaves of Chinese spinach (Amaranthus spp.) used as food

白苋紫茄 (w)

(báixiànzǐqié) white amaranth, purple eggplant (idiom); common foodstuff, unpretentious lifestyle

白菜 (w)

(báicài) Chinese cabbage; pak choi; CL:棵[ke1], 個|个[ge4]

白菜价 (w)

(báicàijià) lit. cabbage price; low price

白菜豆 (w)

(báicàidòu) white kidney beans

白莲 (w)

(báilián) white lotus (flower); White Lotus society; same as 白蓮教|白莲教

白莲教 (w)

(báiliánjiào) White Lotus society

白薯 (w)

(báishǔ) sweet potato

白苏 (w)

(báisū) common perilla

白蔹 (w)

(báiliǎn) Ampelopsis japonica (creeper with root used in traditional Chinese medicine)

白兰地 (w)

(báilándì) brandy

白兰瓜 (w)

(báilánguā) honeydew melon

白萝卜 (w)

(báiluóbo) oriental giant radish (Japanese daikon, Raphanus sativus longipinnatus)

白虎 (w)

(báihǔ) White Tiger (the seven mansions of the west sky); (slang) hairless female genitalia

白蛇传 (w)

(báishézhuàn) Tale of the White Snake; Madam White Snake

白蛉热 (w)

(báilíngrè) sandfly fever

白蛋白 (w)

(báidànbái) albumin

白蚁 (w)

(báiyǐ) termite; white ant

白蜡 (w)

(báilà) white wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)

白蜡树 (w)

(báilàshù) Chinese ash (Fraxinus chinensis), whose bark, flowers and leaves are used in traditional Chinese medicine

白蜡虫 (w)

(báilàchóng) Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)

白血球 (w)

(báixuèqiú) white blood cell; leucocyte

白血病 (w)

(báixuèbìng) leukemia

白行简 (w)

(báixíngjiǎn) Bai Xingjian (c. 776-826), younger brother of Bai Juyi 白居易, Tang novelist and poet, author of novel Tale of courtesan Li Wa 李娃傳|李娃传

白衣战士 (w)

(báiyīzhànshì) warrior in white; medical worker

白话 (w)

(báihuà) spoken language; vernacular

白话文 (w)

(báihuàwén) vernacular Chinese

白话诗 (w)

(báihuàshī) free verse in the vernacular

白豆蔻 (w)

(báidòukòu) cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum)

白费 (w)

(báifèi) waste

白费唇舌 (w)

(báifèichúnshé) to whistle down the wind; to waste one’s breath (idiom)

白起 (w)

(báiqǐ) Bai Qi (-258 BC), famous general of Qin 秦國|秦国, the victor at 長平|长平 in 260 BC; same as 公孫起|公孙起

白跑一趟 (w)

(báipǎoyītàng) to go on an errand for nothing; to go on a wild-goose chase

白车 (w)

(báichē) ambulance (slang) (Cantonese)

白军 (w)

(báijūn) White movement

白道 (w)

(báidào) lunar orbit; legitimate; righteous; see also 黑道[hei1 dao4]

白酒 (w)

(báijiǔ) spirit usually distilled from sorghum or maize; white spirit

白醋 (w)

(báicù) white vinegar; plain vinegar

白金 (w)

(báijīn) platinum

白金汉宫 (w)

(báijīnhàngōng) Buckingham Palace

白金汉郡 (w)

(báijīnhànjùn) Buckinghamshire (English county)

白银 (w)

(báiyín) Baiyin prefecture level city in Gansu

白银 (w)

(báiyín) silver

白银区 (w)

(báiyínqū) Baiyin district of Baiyin city 白銀市|白银市[Bai2 yin2 shi4], Gansu

白银市 (w)

(báiyínshì) Baiyin prefecture level city in Gansu

白银书 (w)

(báiyínshū) ornately printed book meant as a collectors item rather than for reading (synonymous with corruption)

白铜 (w)

(báitóng) copper-nickel alloy

白钢 (w)

(báigāng) steel

白钨矿 (w)

(báiwūkuàng) scheelite

白铁 (w)

(báitiě) galvanized iron

白镴 (w)

(báilà) pewter; solder

白开水 (w)

(báikāishuǐ) plain boiled water

白附 (w)

(báifù) white aconite

白附片 (w)

(báifùpiàn) sliced white aconite (used in traditional Chinese medicine)

白陶 (w)

(báitáo) white pottery (of Shang Dynastry 16-11th century BC)

白雪 (w)

(báixuě) white snow

白雪公主 (w)

(báixuěgōngzhǔ) Snow White

白雪皑皑 (w)

(báixuěáiái) brilliant white snow cover (esp. of distant peaks)

白云 (w)

(báiyún) Baiyun district of Guiyang city 貴陽市|贵阳市[Gui4 yang2 shi4], Guizhou; Baiyun district of Guangzhou city 廣州市|广州市[Guang3 zhou1 shi4], Guangdong

白云 (w)

(báiyún) white cloud

白云区 (w)

(báiyúnqū) Baiyun district of Guiyang city 貴陽市|贵阳市[Gui4 yang2 shi4], Guizhou; Baiyun district of Guangzhou city 廣州市|广州市[Guang3 zhou1 shi4], Guangdong

白云岩 (w)

(báiyúnyán) dolomite (geology)

白云机场 (w)

(báiyúnjīchǎng) Baiyun airport (Guangzhou)

白云石 (w)

(báiyúnshí) dolomite

白云矿区 (w)

(báiyúnkuàngqū) Baiyukuang district of Baotou city 包頭市|包头市[Bao1 tou2 shi4], Inner Mongolia

白露 (w)

(báilù) Bailu or White Dew, 15th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 8th-22nd September

白面书生 (w)

(báimiànshūshēng) lit. pale-faced scholar (idiom); young and inexperienced person without practical experience; still wet behind the ears

白领 (w)

(báilǐng) white collar; business person

白头 (w)

(báitóu) hoary head; old age

白头偕老 (w)

(báitóuxiélǎo) (to live together until the) white hairs of old age (idiom); to live to a ripe old age in conjugal bliss; until death do us part

白头到老 (w)

(báitóudàolǎo) (to live together until the) white hairs of old age (idiom); to live to a ripe old age in conjugal bliss; until death do us part

白头山 (w)

(báitóushān) Baekdu or Changbai mountains 長白山|长白山, volcanic mountain range between Jilin province and North Korea, prominent in Manchu and Korean mythology

白头翁 (w)

(báitóuwēng) root of Chinese pulsatilla; Chinese bulbul

白头鹎 (w)

(báitóubēi) Chinese Bulbul (Pycnonotus sinensis)

白头鹰 (w)

(báitóuyīng) bald eagle

白饭 (w)

(báifàn) plain cooked rice; rice with nothing to go with it

白香词谱 (w)

(báixiāngcípǔ) Anthology of ci poems tunes (1795), edited by Xu Menglan 舒夢蘭|舒梦兰, with 100 accessible poems from Tang through to Qing times

白马寺 (w)

(báimǎsì) the Baima or White horse temple in Luoyang, one of the earliest Buddhist temples in China

白马王子 (w)

(báimǎwángzǐ) prince charming; knight in shining armor

白马雪山 (w)

(báimǎxuěshān) Baimaxue mountains, up to 5430 m., in Dechen or Diqing Tibetan autonomous prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州|迪庆藏族自治州[Di2 qing4 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan

白驹过隙 (w)

(báijūguòxì) a white steed flits past a crack (idiom); How time flies!

白骨 (w)

(báigǔ) bones of the dead

白骨顶 (w)

(báigǔdǐng) coot

白体 (w)

(báitǐ) lean type

白发 (w)

(báifà) white or gray hair; CL:根[gen1]

白鬼 (w)

(báiguǐ) "white ghost", derogatory term for caucasians (Cantonese)

白鱼 (w)

(báiyú) whitefish

白鲸 (w)

(báijīng) white whale; beluga; Moby Dick, novel by Herman Melville 赫曼・麥爾維爾|赫曼・麦尔维尔[He4 man4 · Mai4 er3 wei2 er3]

白暨豚 (w)

(báijìtún) Chinese river dolphin (Lipotes vexillifer)

白鹄 (w)

(báihú) (white) swan

白鹤 (w)

(báihè) red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis)

白鹤拳 (w)

(báihèquán) Baihequan (Fujian White Crane) martial art form

白鹤梁 (w)

(báihèliáng) White Crane Ridge at Fuling, Sichuan on the Changjiang River, that used to show above the water at dry periods, with famous carvings

白鹭 (w)

(báilù) little egret (Egretta garzetta)

白碱滩 (w)

(báijiǎntān) Baijiantan district (Uighur: Jerenbulaq Rayoni) of Qaramay City 克拉瑪依市|克拉玛依市[Ke4 la1 ma3 yi1 shi4], Xinjiang

白碱滩区 (w)

(báijiǎntānqū) Baijiantan district (Uighur: Jerenbulaq Rayoni) of Qaramay City 克拉瑪依市|克拉玛依市[Ke4 la1 ma3 yi1 shi4], Xinjiang

白面 (w)

(báimiàn) wheat flour; flour; white-faced

白面儿 (w)

(báimiànr) heroin

白麻子 (w)

(báimázǐ) cannabis seed

白鼻子 (w)

(báibízi) cunning or sly person