Meaning:

    “小白” is short for “小白痴” which means “little idiot.” Netizens use the term to refer to those who don’t abide by social norms or have no clue about certain things. Sometimes people call themselves “小白” just because they are modest.

    Example:

    A: 周末上我家来玩儿吧。我们一起做饭吃。

    Zhōumò shàng wǒjiā lái wánr ba。Wǒmen yīqǐ zuòfàn chī。

    Come over to my house this weekend. Let’s cook together.

    B: 做饭？我可是烹饪小白。

    Zuòfàn？Wǒ kě shì pēngrèn xiǎobái。

    Cook? I don’t have a clue about cooking.

    A: 你负责教菜鸟打游戏就行了。做饭有我们呢。

    Nǐ fùzé jiāo càiniǎo dǎ yóuxì jìu xíng le。Zuòfàn yǒu wǒmen ne。

    You just take care of the newbies and teach them to play games. We do the cooking.

    B: 都谁参加啊？

    Dōu shuí cānjiā a?

    Who is coming?

    A: 小王、小李、小刘、莉莉, 咱们办公室的。

    Xiǎowáng、xiǎolǐ、xiǎolíu、lìli, zánmen bàngōngshì de。

    Wang, Li, Liu and Lily. Everybody from our office.

    B: 哦，这几个都是游戏小白。

    O, zhè jǐge dōushì yóuxì xiǎobái。

    Ah, these are all newbies at games.