白鳝 báishàn Japanese eel Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 白 bái adjective white white; snowy; pure; bright; (literary) white; bright鳝 鱔 shàn Chinese yellow eel (bound form) Chinese yellow eel; freshwater fish that looks like a thin, yellow-brown snake. Also known as 鳝鱼 shànyú or 黄鳝 huángshàn