A white light-emitting device has a semiconductor light-emitting chip, a blue-green phosphor and a red phosphor for emitting blue-green light and red light, respectively. The blue-green phosphor and the red phosphor absorb light emitted from the semiconductor light-emitting chip to excite blue-green light and red light that are mixed into white light with improved illumination efficiency, and a high color-rendering property. The white light-emitting device is cheaply and simply manufactured.