白話

See also: 白话

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	spoken words; speech; dialect spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said
trad. (白話)		白	話
simp. (白话)		白	话
anagram		話白／话白

Etymology

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Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báihuà

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): baak⁶ waa^6-2

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): bak⁵ va^5*

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pha̍k-fa
• Eastern Min (BUC): băh-uâ
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pe̍h-ōe / pe̍eh-ōa
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁸baq-gho

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báihuà
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báihuà
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-hua⁴
    • Yale: bái-hwà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairhuah
    • Palladius: байхуа (bajxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ xu̯ä⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ waa^6-2
    • Yale: baahk wá
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ waa^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ wa^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² waː²²⁻³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 白話／白话 帛畫／帛画

  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: bak⁵ va^5*
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pak̚³² va³²⁻³²⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pha̍k-fa
    • Hakka Romanization System: pag fa
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pag⁶ fa⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰak̚⁵ fa⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: băh-uâ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paʔ⁵⁻²¹ uɑ²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-ōe
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍h-uē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peq'oe
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ ue²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ ue³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² ue⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ ue³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍eh-ōa
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍eh-uā
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɛ(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ ua²²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁸baq-gho
    • MiniDict: bah^入 gho
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵baq-hho
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /baʔ¹¹ ɦo²³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 白話

1. vernacular Chinese (as opposed to Classical Chinese)
2. (chiefly Cantonese) Cantonese

   你識唔識講白話㗎？ [Cantonese, trad.]
   你识唔识讲白话㗎？ [Cantonese, simp.]

   nei⁵ sik¹ m⁴ sik¹ gong² baak⁶ waa^6-2 gaa³? [Jyutping]

   Do you know Cantonese?

   南寧白話／南宁白话  ―  Nánníng báihuà  ―  Nanning Cantonese

3. (Southern Min) local dialect
4. (Eastern Min) proverb; common saying

Antonyms

• (vernacular Chinese): 文言 (wényán)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báihuà

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): baak⁶ waa⁶ / baak⁶ waa^6-2

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): bak⁵ va^5*

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pha̍k-fa
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pe̍h-ōe / pe̍eh-ōa

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báihuà
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báihuà
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-hua⁴
    • Yale: bái-hwà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairhuah
    • Palladius: байхуа (bajxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ xu̯ä⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ waa⁶ / baak⁶ waa^6-2
    • Yale: baahk wah / baahk wá
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ waa⁶ / baak⁹ waa^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ wa⁶ / bag⁶ wa^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² waː²²/, /paːk̚² waː²²⁻³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 白話／白话 帛畫／帛画

  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: bak⁵ va^5*
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pak̚³² va³²⁻³²⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pha̍k-fa
    • Hakka Romanization System: pag fa
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pag⁶ fa⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰak̚⁵ fa⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-ōe
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍h-uē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peq'oe
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ ue²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ ue³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² ue⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ ue³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍eh-ōa
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍eh-uā
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɛ(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ ua²²/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 白話

1. empty words; meaningless talk
2. (Southern Min) frank words
3. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) lie; untruth

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 謊言 (“lie; untruth”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		妄言, 妄語
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		謊言, 謊話, 假話, 誑言, 誑語, 誑話
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	謊皮, 詐語
	Taiwan	謊話
	Singapore	騙話
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	謊屁流
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	謊話
	Wanrong	謊
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	謊話
	Yangzhou	謊
Cantonese	Guangzhou	大話
	Hong Kong	大話
	Taishan	大話
	Dongguan	大話
	Singapore (Guangfu)	大話
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	花蓼
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	花蓼, 虎膦
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	花蓼
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	花舌
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	花蓼
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	花舌
Southern Min	Xiamen	白賊, 白賊話
	Quanzhou	白賊, 白賊話
	Zhangzhou	白賊, 白賊話, 白話
	Tainan	白賊話
	Penang (Hokkien)	騙話
	Singapore (Hokkien)	騙話
	Manila (Hokkien)	白賊, 白賊話
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	白落話
	Jieyang	花嬲話
Wu	Wenzhou	譀話

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báihua

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ˙ㄏㄨㄚ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báihua
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ˙ㄏㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báihuå
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-hua⁵
    • Yale: bái-hwa
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bair.hua
    • Palladius: байхуа (bajxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ xu̯ä³/

Verb

白話

1. (derogatory) to talk nonsense

Derived terms

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Noun

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