本地閒話

Chinese

		local; native; locality local; native; locality; this place; here	to talk casually; to chat; words of little importance to talk casually; to chat; words of little importance; casual words; digression
trad. (本地閒話)		本地	閒話
simp. (本地闲话)		本地	闲话
alternative forms		本地言話／本地言话

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): běndìxiánhuà

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˇ ㄉㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵pen-di₆-ghe₆-gho₆; ⁵pen-di₆ ⁶ghe-gho₆

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: běndìxiánhuà
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇ ㄉㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: běndìsiánhuà
  - Wade–Giles: pên³-ti⁴-hsien²-hua⁴
  - Yale: běn-dì-syán-hwà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beendihshyanhuah
  - Palladius: бэньдисяньхуа (bɛnʹdisjanʹxua)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ti⁵¹ ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ xu̯ä⁵¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵pen-di₆-ghe₆-gho₆; ⁵pen-di₆ ⁶ghe-gho₆
  - MiniDict: pen^去 di^去 ghe^去 gho^去; pen^去 di^去 ghe^去 gho^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²pen-di₃-hhe₃-hho₃; ²pen-di₃ ³hhe-hho₃
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pən³³ di⁵⁵ ɦe³³ ɦo²¹/, /pən³³ di³³ ɦe²² ɦo⁴⁴/

Noun

本地閒話

(Northern Wu) local lect
(chiefly Shanghainese) Bendihua, varieties of Northern Wu spoken in suburban Shanghai
- 我是來自上海市普陀區長征鎮的一名本地閒話母語者，現在在青浦就讀高中，幼年時便對形形色色的漢語方言頗感興趣。 [MSC, trad.]
  我是来自上海市普陀区长征镇的一名本地闲话母语者，现在在青浦就读高中，幼年时便对形形色色的汉语方言颇感兴趣。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 2020, 【沪郊乡音】“本地闲话”去了哪里？附上海市郊方言调查问卷一份
  Wǒ shì láizì Shànghǎishì Pǔtuóqū Chángzhēngzhèn de yīmíng běndìxiánhuà mǔyǔzhě, xiànzài zài Qīngpǔ jiùdú gāozhōng, yòunián shí biàn duì xíngxíngsèsè de hànyǔ fāngyán pō gǎn xìngqù. [Pinyin]
  I come from Changzheng in Putuo, Shanghai, and am a native bendihua speaker, currently attending high school in Qingpu; from a young age, I had an interest in various kinds of Chinese varieties.

Synonyms

本地話／本地话 (běndìhuà)
(Hokkien) 白話／白话 (báihuà)