文白

Chinese

		language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle	white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
simp. and trad. (文白)		文	白
anagram		白文

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wénbái

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˊ ㄅㄞˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wénbái
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄅㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúnbái
    • Wade–Giles: wên²-pai²
    • Yale: wén-bái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wenbair
    • Palladius: вэньбай (vɛnʹbaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən³⁵ paɪ̯³⁵/

Noun

文白

1. (linguistics) literary (文讀／文读) and vernacular (白讀／白读) readings

   文白異讀／文白异读  ―  wénbái yìdú  ―  different literary and vernacular readings

   不分文白的方言  ―  bùfēn wénbái de fāngyán  ―  dialect without a literary–vernacular distinction

2. (language) literary Chinese (文言文) and vernacular Chinese (白話文／白话文)

   文白之爭／文白之争  ―  wénbái zhī zhēng  ―  literary–vernacular debate