文白異讀

Chinese

literary and vernacular readings variant pronunciation
trad. (文白異讀) 文白 異讀
simp. (文白异读) 文白 异读

Pronunciation


Noun

文白異讀

  1. the phenomenon of a character having two different readings, literary and vernacular (colloquial), in the varieties of Chinese
    Synonym: 文白對立 / 文白对立 (wénbái duìlì)