bai

American  

[bahy] / baɪ /

noun

1. a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.

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Etymology

Origin of bai

< Japanese < Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese mái dust storm

Example Sentences

The first paper she published after leaving the bai was for the February 2017, issue of the Journal of Applied Ecology.

From The New Yorker

We were sitting at our table, a corner one for two, which allowed her a view of the entire place, from the customers’ entrance, through the bai; to the kitchen.

From Literature

She has spent more than twenty years camped out in Dzanga-Ndoki National Park, near a bai, or clearing, where the elephants congregate in numbers unequalled at any other site.

From The New Yorker

You could stand up to your boss, but if you wanted to keep your job, you never messed with your bai.

From New York Times

The bai, also called a saline, is an elephant created landscape.

From Scientific American