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白話
白話
See also: 白话
Chinese
white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
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dialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words; conversation; what someone said
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| trad. (白話) | 白 | 話 | |
| simp. (白话) | 白 | 话 | |
Noun
白話
- vernacular Chinese (as opposed to Classical Chinese)
- (chiefly Cantonese) Cantonese
- (Min Nan) local dialect
- (Min Dong) proverb; common saying
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Pronunciation 2
Noun
白話
Synonyms
| Dialectal synonyms of 謊言 (“lie; untruth”) | ||
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| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 謊言 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 謊言、謊話 |
| Taiwan | 謊言、謊話 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 大話 |
| Hong Kong | 大話 | |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 花蓼 |
| Liudui (S. Sixian) | 花蓼、虎膦 | |
| Hsinchu (Hailu) | 花蓼 | |
| Zhuolan (Raoping) | 花蓼 | |
| Min Nan | Quanzhou | 白賊、白賊話 |
| Xiamen | 白賊、白賊話 | |
| Zhangzhou | 白賊、白賊話、白話 | |
| Taipei | 白賊、白賊話 | |
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Pronunciation 3
Verb
白話
- (pejorative) to talk nonsense
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