白板ぱいぱん

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Meanings

1

white dragon tile

Only when written 白板

Mahjong tile; one of the three dragon tiles.

from Chinese báibǎn

白板ぱいぱんを切きって待まちにした。
I discarded the white dragon tile and waited.

2

shaved pubic area; person with little or no pubic hair

colloquialusually written using kana alone

Colloquial, often used in adult contexts. Can refer to the state or a person.

彼かの女じょはパイパンにしているらしい。
She seems to be shaved down there.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉〉が白板ぱいぱんをポンするfor someone to call pon on the white dragon tile
上家かみちゃの白板ぱいぱんをポンした。
I called pon on the upstream player's white dragon tile.
〈人ひと〉がパイパンになるfor someone to become hairless (in the pubic area)
脱だつ毛もうしてパイパンになった。
She had hair removal treatment and became hairless.
白板ぱいぱんを捨すてるto discard the white dragon tile
危き険けんだったので白板ぱいぱんを捨すてた。
Since it seemed risky, I discarded the white dragon tile.

Kanji

白white
板plank, board, plate

Related words

無む毛もう sense 2
無毛 is a neutral, descriptive term for having no hair, while 白板 is colloquial slang specifically for a shaved or hairless pubic area, often used in adult contexts.

Don't confuse with

白はく板ばん
白板 read パイパン means the white dragon mahjong tile or, colloquially, a hairless pubic area, while 白板 read はくばん is the ordinary word for a whiteboard; the two share kanji but differ completely in reading and meaning.

Counted with

牌ぱい sense 1
牌 is the counter used for counting mahjong tiles such as 白板, the white dragon tile.

Etymology

From Chinese 白板 (báibǎn, 'white board'). The mahjong sense is the original; the slang sense is a Japanese extension based on the visual metaphor of a blank slate.