白話はくわ

See also: 白しろ话

Chinese

		vernacular	spoken words; speech; dialect spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said
trad. (白話はくわ)		白しろ	話はなし
simp. (白しろ话)		白しろ	话
anagram		話はなし白しろ／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 (Shanghai, Wugniu): 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:

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  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: bak⁵ va^5*
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pak̚³² va³²⁻³²⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • 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
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁸baq-gho
    • MiniDict: bah^入いれ gho
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵baq-hho
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /baʔ¹¹ ɦo²³/

Noun

白話はくわ

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

   五ご四よん時期じき盛行せいこう白話はくわ小說しょうせつ。 [MSC, trad.]
   五ご四よん时期盛行せいこう白しろ话小しょう说。 [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

   你識唔識講こう白話はくわ㗎？ [Cantonese, trad.]
   你识唔识讲白しろ话㗎？ [Cantonese, simp.]

   nei⁵ sik¹ m⁴ sik¹ gong² baak⁶ waa^6-2 gaa³? [Jyutping]

   Do you know Cantonese?

   南みなみ寧やすし白話はくわ／南みなみ宁白しろ话  ―  Nánníng báihuà  ―  Nanning Cantonese

3. (Eastern Min) proverb; common saying
4. (Southern Min) local dialect
   • 1883, Adele Marion Fielde, “白しろ”, in A Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect, Arranged According to Syllables and Tones, Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press:

     是これ呾白話はくわ也是呾官話かんわ？ [Teochew, trad.]
     是これ呾白しろ话也是呾官かん话？ [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):

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• 廣東かんとん話ばなし／广东话 (guǎngdōnghuà)
• 廣東かんとん閒あいだ話ばなし／广东闲话 (⁵kuaon-ton ⁶ghe-gho) (Wu)
• 粵方言ほうげん／粤方言ほうげん (yuèfāngyán)
• 粵語／粤语 (yuèyǔ)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 廣東かんとん話ばなし (“(Standard) Cantonese”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		廣東かんとん話ばなし, 廣こう府ふ話ばなし, 廣州こうしゅう話ばなし, 粵語
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	廣東かんとん話ばなし, 粵語
	Malaysia	廣東かんとん話ばなし
	Singapore	廣東かんとん話ばなし
Southwestern Mandarin	Guilin	白話はくわ
Cantonese	Guangzhou	白話はくわ, 廣州こうしゅう話ばなし, 廣こう府ふ話ばなし, 粵語, 省しょう城じょう話ばなし dated
	Hong Kong	廣東かんとん話ばなし, 粵語, 中ちゅう文ぶん, 本地ほんじ話ばなし, 廣こう府ふ話ばなし dated or technical
	Macau	廣東かんとん話ばなし, 中ちゅう文ぶん
	Taishan	白話はくわ, 廣州こうしゅう話ばなし
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	廣こう府ふ話ばなし, 廣東かんとん話ばなし
	Singapore (Guangfu)	廣こう府ふ話ばなし, 廣東かんとん話ばなし
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	廣東かんとん話ばなし, 中ちゅう文ぶん, 唐から話はなし, 白話はくわ
	Mandalay (Taishan)	省しょう城じょう話ばなし
Hakka	Meixian	廣こう府ふ話ばなし
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	廣州こうしゅう話ばなし, 白話はくわ, 省しょう城じょう話ばなし dated
	Hong Kong	本地ほんじ話ばなし, 白話はくわ
	Kuching (Hepo)	廣東かんとん話ばなし
Southern Min	Xiamen	廣州こうしゅう話ばなし, 廣東かんとん話ばなし
	Penang (Hokkien)	廣こう府ふ話ばなし, 廣東かんとん話ばなし
	Singapore (Hokkien)	廣こう府ふ話ばなし
	Manila (Hokkien)	廣東かんとん話ばなし, 鄉ごう親ちかし話ばなし
	Chaozhou	廣州こうしゅう話ばなし, 廣東かんとん話ばなし, 粵語
	Shantou	廣こう府ふ話ばなし, 廣州こうしゅう話ばなし, 白話はくわ
	Jieyang	白話はくわ, 省しょう城じょう話ばなし
	Haifeng	白話はくわ
	Singapore (Teochew)	廣こう府ふ話ばなし
	Leizhou	客きゃく話ばなし
Wu	Shanghai	廣東かんとん閒あいだ話ばなし
	Suzhou	廣東かんとん閒あいだ話ばなし
	Ningbo	廣東かんとん閒あいだ話ばなし

• (local dialect): 本地ほんじ話ばなし／本地ほんじ话 (běndìhuà); (Wu) 本地ほんじ閒あいだ話ばなし／本地ほんじ闲话
• (Pe̍h-ōe-jī): 白話はくわ字じ／白しろ话字 (báihuàzì), 臺たい語ご羅ら馬うま字じ／台たい语罗马字 (táiyǔ luómǎzì), 教會きょうかい羅ら馬うま字じ／教会きょうかい罗马字じ (Jiàohuì Luómǎzì), 教きょう羅ら／教きょう罗 (Jiàoluó)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “vernacular Chinese”): 文言もんごん (wényán)

Derived terms

• 白話はくわ字じ／白しろ话字 (báihuàzì)
• 白話はくわ文ぶん／白しろ话文 (báihuàwén)
• 白話はくわ詩し／白しろ话诗 (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:

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  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: bak⁵ va^5*
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pak̚³² va³²⁻³²⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • 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

白話はくわ

1. empty words; meaningless talk

   指ゆび望もち你今こん天てん送おく錢ぜに來き，原はら來らい是これ空そら口こう說せつ白話はくわ。 [MSC, trad.]
   指ゆび望もち你今こん天てん送おく钱来き，原はら来らい是これ空そら口こう说白しろ话。 [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

• 虛言きょげん／虚言きょげん (xūyán)

Derived terms

• 空そら口說くぜつ白話はくわ／空そら口こう说白话 (kōngkǒu shuō báihuà)
• 空そら口こう講こう白話はくわ／空そら口こう讲白话 (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

白話はくわ

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		妄言ぼうげん, 妄語もうご
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		謊言, 謊話, 假かり話はなし, 誑言, 誑語, 誑話
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	謊皮, 詐いつわり語ご
	Taiwan	謊話
	Singapore	騙かた話はなし
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	謊屁流りゅう
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	謊話
	Wanrong	謊
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	謊話
	Yangzhou	謊
Cantonese	Guangzhou	大だい話はなし
	Hong Kong	大だい話はなし
	Taishan	大だい話はなし
	Dongguan	大だい話はなし
	Singapore (Guangfu)	大だい話はなし
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	花はな蓼たで
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	花はな蓼たで, 虎とら膦
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	花はな蓼たで
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	花はな舌した
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	花はな蓼たで
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	花はな舌した
Southern Min	Xiamen	白しろ賊ぞく, 白しろ賊ぞく話ばなし
	Quanzhou	白しろ賊ぞく, 白しろ賊ぞく話ばなし
	Zhangzhou	白しろ賊ぞく, 白しろ賊ぞく話ばなし, 白話はくわ
	Tainan	白しろ賊ぞく話ばなし
	Penang (Hokkien)	騙かた話はなし
	Singapore (Hokkien)	騙かた話はなし
	Manila (Hokkien)	白しろ賊ぞく, 白しろ賊ぞく話ばなし
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	白しろ落話
	Jieyang	花はな嬲なぶ話はなし
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

白話はくわ

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

Synonyms

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

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• 口くち大だい (kǒudà) (obsolete)
• 吹 (chuī) (colloquial)
• 吹噓／吹嘘 (chuīxū)
• 吹水 (chuīshuǐ) (chiefly Cantonese)
• 吹牛 (chuīniú) (colloquial)
• 吹牛三さん (¹tshy ⁶gnieu-se) (Wu)
• 吹牛屄 (chuīniúbī)
• 吹牛皮がわ (chuī niúpí) (colloquial)
• 呾卵話ばなし／呾卵话 (dan³ lang⁶ uê⁷) (Teochew)
• 喝かつ仙せん (hoah-sian) (Hokkien)
• 嗙虎膦 (phâng-fú-lín) (Southern Sixian Hakka)
• 嗙雞胲／嗙鸡胲 (phâng-kiê-kôi) (Hakka)
• 好こう臉／好こう脸 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 拉ひしげ空そら (la¹ kang¹) (Teochew)
• 拉ひしげ誧／拉ひしげ𰵩 (la¹ pu²) (Teochew)
• 放ひ空むなし (pàng-khang) (Hokkien)
• 放ひ臭ぐさ屁へ (pàng-chhàu-phùi) (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 放ひ風ふう球だま／放ひ风球 (pàng-hoang-kiû) (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 放ひ風かぜ龜ひさし／放ひ风龟 (pàng-hong-ku) (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 歕雞胿／𬅫鸡胿 (pûn-ke-kui) (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 歕雞胲／𬅫鸡胲 (phùn-kiê-kôi) (Zhao'an Hakka)
• 相あい空そら (siàng-khang) (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 矜人 (jīnrén) (literary)
• 紅べに膏あぶら／红膏 (Puxian Min)
• 練ねり扇おうぎ空むなし／练扇空むなし (liān-siàn-khang) (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 膨風／膨风 (phòng-hong) (Hokkien)
• 自じ矜 (zìjīn)
• 自じ誇ほこ／自じ夸 (zìkuā)
• 自じ詡／自じ诩 (zìxǔ)
• 表おもて功こう (biǎogōng) (to brag about one's contributions)
• 誇ほこ／夸 (kuā)
• 誇ほこ口くち／夸口 (kuākǒu)
• 誇ほこ喙／夸喙 (kuă-*chói) (Eastern Min)
• 誇ほこ耀／夸耀 (kuāyào)
• 說せつ大だい話はなし／说大话 (shuō dàhuà)
• 講こう嘐潲話ばなし／讲嘐潲话 (kóng hau-siâu-uē) (Hokkien)
• 講こう空そら／讲空 (kàng-khang) (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 車くるま大だい炮／车大炮 (Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew)
• 風かぜ龜ひさし／风龟 (hong-ku) (Hokkien)
• 鼓吹こすい (gǔchuī)

 

Derived terms

• 白話はくわ舌した兒じ／白しろ话舌儿

 

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
白しろ	話はなし

Noun

白話はくわ

1. chữ Hán form of bạch thoại.