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baakˍ₆白waaˊ²話
(白话)
Pinyin
bai2 hua4
Translations
noun
empty promise; groundless talk
noun
alternative name of "Cantonese"
noun
vernacular | [antonym] 文言
noun
small talk; chat; chitchat
baakˍ₆白waaˊ²話manˎ₄文
(白话文)
Pinyin
bai2 hua4 wen2
Translations
noun
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.
hungˉ¹空hauˊ²口baakˍ₆白waaˊ²話
(空口白话)
Pinyin
kong1 kou3 bai2 hua4
Translations
noun
empty promises
hungˉ¹空hauˊ²口syut˗₃說baakˍ₆白waaˊ²話
(空口说白话)
Pinyin
kong1 kou3 shuo1 bai2 hua4
Translations
noun
to make empty promises
jyutˍ₆越naamˎ₄南baakˍ₆白waaˊ²話
(越南白话)
Pinyin
yue4 nan2 bai2 hua4
Translations
noun
Vietnamese Cantonese vernacular (spoken by Hoa, 越南華僑)
jyutˍ₆粵jyuˏ₅語baakˍ₆白waaˊ²話manˎ₄文
(粤语白话文)
Pinyin
yue4 yu3 bai2 hua4 wen2
Translations
noun
Refers to the written vernacular form of the Cantonese language.
noun
written Cantonese
baakˍ₆白waaˊ²話ziˍ₆字
(白话字)
Pinyin
bai2 hua5 zi4
Translations
noun
Vernacular Chinese
hungˉ¹空hauˊ²口gongˊ²講baakˍ₆白waaˍ₆話
(空口讲白话)
Pinyin
kong1 kou3 jiang3 bai2 hua4
Translations
noun
all talk no action; pay lip service to [syn.][國]空口白話
noun
making empty promises (slang)