白话 (白話) báihuà

báihuà noun spoken language; vernacular
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: Especially, written Chinese based on vernacular syntax and style (HCD 'BAIHUA'; Norman 1988, p. 136; Sun 2006, loc. 310; Wilkinson 2015, p. 20)

Contained in

• 空口说白话(空口說白話) to make empty promises
• 空口白话(空口白話) empty promises
• 白话文(白話文) writings in the vernacular
• 大白话(大白話) colloquial speech

Also contained in

白话诗 、 白话文学史

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 第二回 Chapter 52 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
• 第二回 Chapter 57 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1