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文白異讀
  man4 baak6 ji6 duk6   jyutping
  wen2 bai2 yi4 du2   pinyin

Literary readings are called 文讀. Colloquial readings are called 白讀.
noun

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
文白異讀 / 文白异读

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Characters in this word:

 man4 man4*1 man6  -  written language; literary; civilian
 baak6  -  white; clear; pure
 ji6  -  different; unusual; strange; surprise
 duk6 dau6  -  to read; attend school
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