白話文 (baak6 waa6*2 man4 | ) : Vernacular Chinese

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白話文

baak6 waa6*2 man4

Vernacular Chinese -- written Chinese based on the grammar of the Mandarin dialect, replaced 文言文 (Classical Chinese) during the early 20th century. Basically all Chinese writing today is 白話文.

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 171,000

This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

白話文

This word has been viewed 1933 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by claw on 14th Aug 2004 23:20 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

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Characters in this word:

白 baak6 - white; clear; pure
話 waa6 waa2 - word; talk; speak; language
文 man4 man4*1 man6 - written language; literary; civilian

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粵語白話文 - written Cantonese

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