白話文

Chinese

		vernacular Chinese; plain language	language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
trad. (白話文)		白話	文
simp. (白话文)		白话	文

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báihuàwén

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ waa^6-2 man⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báihuàwén
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báihuàwún
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-hua⁴-wên²
    • Yale: bái-hwà-wén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairhuahwen
    • Palladius: байхуавэнь (bajxuavɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ xu̯ä⁵¹ wən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ waa^6-2 man⁴
    • Yale: baahk wá màhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ waa^6-2 man⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ wa^6-2 men⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² waː²²⁻³⁵ mɐn²¹/

Noun

白話文

1. vernacular prose; vernacular Chinese (written)

Synonyms

• 語體文／语体文 (yǔtǐwén)

Antonyms

• 文言文 (wényánwén)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (白話文):

• → Korean: 백화문(白話文) (baekhwamun)
• → Vietnamese: bạch thoại văn (白話文)