白話

See also: 白话

Chinese

		vernacular	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

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

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bêh⁸ uê⁷

• 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/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bêh⁸ uê⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pe̍h uē
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peʔ⁴⁻² ue¹¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁸baq-gho
    • MiniDict: bah^入 gho
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵baq-hho
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /baʔ¹¹ ɦo²³/

Noun

白話

1. vernacular Chinese (as opposed to Classical Chinese); plain language

   五四時期盛行白話小說。 [MSC, trad.]
   五四时期盛行白话小说。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǔsì shíqī shèngxíng báihuà xiǎoshuō. [Pinyin]

   During the May Fourth period, vernacular novels were popular.

2. (chiefly Guangdong, Guangxi, rare in Hong Kong) Yue; 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. (Eastern Min) proverb; common saying
4. (Southern Min) local dialect
   • 1883, Adele Marion Fielde, “白 (pêh)”, in A Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect, Arranged According to Syllables and Tones, Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press:

     是呾白話也是呾官話？ [Teochew, trad.]
     是呾白话也是呾官话？ [Teochew, simp.]

     si⁶ dan³ bêh⁸ uê⁷ a¹ si⁶ dan³ guan¹ uê⁷? [Peng'im]

     Are they speaking the vernacular or the court dialect?

5. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) Pe̍h-ōe-jī (a Latin alphabet-based orthography for Southern Min); POJ

Synonyms

• (Yue):

• 廣東話／广东话 (guǎngdōnghuà)
• 廣東閒話／广东闲话 (⁵kuaon-ton ⁶ghe-gho) (Wu)
• 粵方言／粤方言 (yuèfāngyán)
• 粵語／粤语 (yuèyǔ)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 廣東話 (“(Standard) Cantonese”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		廣東話, 廣府話, 廣州話, 粵語
Mandarin	Taiwan	廣東話, 粵語
	Guilin	白話
	Malaysia	廣東話
	Singapore	廣東話
Cantonese	Guangzhou	白話, 廣州話, 廣府話, 粵語, 省城話 dated
	Hong Kong	廣東話, 粵語, 中文, 本地話, 廣府話 dated or technical
	Macau	廣東話, 中文
	Taishan	白話, 廣州話
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	廣府話, 廣東話
	Singapore (Guangfu)	廣府話, 廣東話
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	廣東話, 中文, 唐話, 白話
	Mandalay (Taishan)	省城話
Hakka	Meixian	廣府話
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	廣州話, 白話, 省城話 dated
	Hong Kong	本地話, 白話
	Kuching (Hepo)	廣東話
Southern Min	Xiamen	廣州話, 廣東話
	Penang (Hokkien)	廣府話, 廣東話
	Singapore (Hokkien)	廣府話
	Manila (Hokkien)	廣東話, 鄉親話
	Chaozhou	廣州話, 廣東話, 粵語
	Shantou	廣府話, 廣州話, 白話
	Jieyang	白話, 省城話
	Haifeng	白話
	Singapore (Teochew)	廣府話
	Leizhou	客話
Wu	Shanghai	廣東閒話
	Suzhou	廣東閒話
	Ningbo	廣東閒話

• (local dialect): 本地話／本地话 (běndìhuà); (Wu) 本地閒話／本地闲话
• (Pe̍h-ōe-jī): 白話字／白话字 (báihuàzì), 臺語羅馬字／台语罗马字 (táiyǔ luómǎzì), 教會羅馬字／教会罗马字 (Jiàohuì Luómǎzì), 教羅／教罗 (Jiàoluó)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “vernacular Chinese”): 文言 (wényán)

Derived terms

• 白話字／白话字 (báihuàzì)
• 白話文／白话文 (báihuàwén)
• 白話詩／白话诗 (báihuàshī)

 

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

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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: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-ōe
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍h-uē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peq'oe
    • IPA (Taipei): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ ue³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ ue³³/

Noun

白話

1. empty words; meaningless talk

   指望你今天送錢來，原來是空口說白話。 [MSC, trad.]
   指望你今天送钱来，原来是空口说白话。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhǐwàng nǐ jīntiān sòng qián lái, yuánlái shì kōngkǒu shuō báihuà. [Pinyin]

   I expected you to send money today, but it turned out to be empty talk.

Synonyms

• 虛言／虚言 (xūyán)

Derived terms

• 空口說白話／空口说白话 (kōngkǒu shuō báihuà)
• 空口講白話／空口讲白话 (kōngkǒu jiǎng báihuà)

 

Pronunciation 3

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pe̍h-ōe / pe̍eh-ōa

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-ōe
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍h-uē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peq'oe
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ ue²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² ue⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍eh-ōa
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍eh-uā
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɛ(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ ua²²/

Noun

白話

1. (Hokkien) frank words
2. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) lie; untruth

Synonyms

• (lie):

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
Mandarin	Beijing	謊皮, 詐語
	Taiwan	謊話
	Yantai (Muping)	謊屁流
	Luoyang	謊話
	Wanrong	謊
	Yangzhou	謊
	Nanjing	謊話
	Singapore	騙話
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 4

• 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. (regional) to chat
2. (regional) to brag; to boast; to talk big

Synonyms

• (to chat): 聊天 (liáotiān)
• (to brag):

• 吹 (colloquial)
• 吹噓／吹嘘 (chuīxū)
• 吹水 (chuīshuǐ) (chiefly Cantonese)
• 吹牛 (chuīniú) (colloquial)
• 吹牛三 (¹tshy ⁶gnieu-se) (Wu)
• 吹牛屄 (chuīniúbī)
• 吹牛皮 (chuī niúpí) (colloquial)
• 呾卵話／呾卵话 (Teochew)
• 喝仙 (Min Nan)
• 嗙虎膦 (Southern Sixian Hakka)
• 嗙雞胲／嗙鸡胲 (Hakka)
• 好臉／好脸 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 拉空 (Teochew)
• 拉誧／拉𰵩 (Teochew)
• 放空 (Min Nan)
• 放臭屁 (Min Nan)
• 放風球／放风球 (Min Nan)
• 放風龜／放风龟 (Min Nan)
• 歕雞胿／𬅫鸡胿 (pûn-ke-kui) (Min Nan)
• 歕雞胲／𬅫鸡胲 (Zhao'an Hakka)
• 相空 (Min Nan)
• 矜人 (jīnrén) (literary)
• 練扇空／练扇空 (Min Nan)
• 膨風／膨风 (Min Nan)
• 自矜 (zìjīn)
• 自誇／自夸 (zìkuā)
• 自詡／自诩 (zìxǔ)
• 表功 (biǎogōng) (to brag about one's contributions)
• 誇／夸 (kuā)
• 誇口／夸口 (kuākǒu)
• 誇喙／夸喙 (kuă-*chói) (Eastern Min)
• 誇耀／夸耀 (kuāyào)
• 說大話／说大话 (shuō dàhuà)
• 講嘐潲話／讲嘐潲话 (Hokkien)
• 講空／讲空 (Min Nan)
• 車大炮／车大炮 (Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew)
• 風龜／风龟 (Min Nan)
• 鼓吹

 

Derived terms

• 白話舌兒／白话舌儿

 

Vietnamese

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白	話

Noun

白話

1. chữ Hán form of bạch thoại.