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

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

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)