文白
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle |
white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous | ||
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simp. and trad. (文白) |
文 | 白 | |
anagram | 白文 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄅㄞˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: wúnbái
- Wade–Giles: wên2-pai2
- Yale: wén-bái
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wenbair
- Palladius: вэньбай (vɛnʹbaj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /wən³⁵ paɪ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Noun
[edit]文白
- (linguistics) literary (文讀/文读) and vernacular (白讀/白读) readings
- (language) literary Chinese (文言文) and vernacular Chinese (白話文/白话文)