白话文
bái huà wén
Pinyin

Definition

白话文
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bái huà wén
  1. writings in the vernacular

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

Zhōng wén
  1. 1 Chinese language
bó wén
  1. 1 blog article
  2. 2 to write a blog article (netspeak)
yuán wén
  1. 1 original text
Wén
  1. 1 surname Wen
wén huà
  1. 1 culture
  2. 2 civilization
  3. 3 cultural
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè],種|种[zhǒng]
wén zì
  1. 1 character
  2. 2 script
  3. 3 writing
  4. 4 written language
  5. 5 writing style
  6. 6 phraseology
  7. 7 CL:個|个[gè]
wén zhāng
  1. 1 article
  2. 2 essay
  3. 3 literary works
  4. 4 writings
  5. 5 hidden meaning
  6. 6 CL:篇[piān],段[duàn],頁|页[yè]
wén yì
  1. 1 literature and art
míng bai
  1. 1 clear
  2. 2 obvious
  3. 3 unequivocal
  4. 4 to understand
  5. 5 to realize
Bái
  1. 1 surname Bai
bái tiān
  1. 1 daytime
  2. 2 during the day
  3. 3 day
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
Bái yáng zuò
  1. 1 Aries (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
bái sè
  1. 1 white
  2. 2 fig. reactionary
  3. 3 anti-communist
Yīng wén
  1. 1 English (language)
yī wén bù zhí
  1. 1 worthless (idiom)
  2. 2 no use whatsoever
sān wén yú
  1. 1 salmon (loanword)
rén wén
  1. 1 humanities
  2. 2 human affairs
  3. 3 culture
Yī lì shā bái
  1. 1 Elizabeth (person name)
zuò wén
  1. 1 to write an essay
  2. 2 composition (student essay)
  3. 3 CL:篇[piān]
quán wén
  1. 1 entire text
  2. 2 full text

Idioms (20)

一文不值
yī wén bù zhí
  1. 1 worthless (idiom)
  2. 2 no use whatsoever
一清二白
yī qīng èr bái
  1. 1 perfectly clean
  2. 2 blameless
  3. 3 unimpeachable (idiom)
一纸空文
yī zhǐ kōng wén
  1. 1 a worthless piece of paper (idiom)
不值一文
bù zhí yī wén
  1. 1 worthless (idiom)
  2. 2 no use whatsoever
不分皂白
bù fēn zào bái
  1. 1 not distinguishing black or white (idiom); not to distinguish between right and wrong
不分青红皂白
bù fēn qīng hóng zào bái
  1. 1 not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom)
  2. 2 not to distinguish between right and wrong
不问青红皂白
bù wèn qīng hóng zào bái
  1. 1 not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom)
  2. 2 not to distinguish between right and wrong
俨如白昼
yǎn rú bái zhòu
  1. 1 as bright as daylight (idiom)
博文约礼
bó wén yuē lǐ
  1. 1 vigorously pursuing knowledge, while scrupulously abiding by the rules of decorum (idiom)
咬文嚼字
yǎo wén jiáo zì
  1. 1 to bite words and chew characters (idiom); punctilious about minutiae of wording
唱白脸
chàng bái liǎn
  1. 1 to play the role of the villain (idiom)
奇文共赏
qí wén gòng shǎng
  1. 1 lit. remarkable work appreciated by all (idiom); universally praised (original meaning)
  2. 2 incomprehensible nonsense
  3. 3 preposterous bullshit
恶叉白赖
è chā bái lài
  1. 1 evil behavior (idiom); brazen villainy
才兼文武
cái jiān wén wǔ
  1. 1 talent in both military and civil field (idiom)
放着明白装糊涂
fàng zhe míng bai zhuāng hú tu
  1. 1 to pretend not to know (idiom)
数黑论白
shǔ hēi lùn bái
  1. 1 to enumerate what is black and yellow (idiom); to criticize sb behind his back to incite quarrels
  2. 2 also written 數黑論黃|数黑论黄[shǔ hēi lùn huáng]
文不加点
wén bù jiā diǎn
  1. 1 to write a flawless essay in one go (idiom)
  2. 2 to be quick-witted and skilled at writing compositions
文人相轻
wén rén xiāng qīng
  1. 1 scholars tend to disparage one another (idiom)
文如其人
wén rú qí rén
  1. 1 the writing style mirrors the writer (idiom)
文山会海
wén shān huì hǎi
  1. 1 a mountain of paperwork and a sea of meetings (idiom)

Sample Sentences

好、好,白话文。简单来说就是,精酿啤酒是酒厂以小规模而传统的方式,不使用添加物,经过长时间的酿造过程酿制而成的。
hǎo 、hǎo ,báihuàwén 。jiǎndānláishuō jiùshì ,jīngniàngpíjiǔ shì jiǔchǎng yǐ xiǎo guīmó ér chuántǒng de fāngshì ,bù shǐyòng tiānjiāwù ,jīngguò cháng shíjiān de niàngzào guòchéng niàngzhì ér chéng de 。
OK, OK, layman’s terms. Simply speaking, craft beer is brewed in a long brewing process by distilleries using small-scale traditional methods, without using additives.
可以麻烦你说白话文吗?
kěyǐ máfan nǐ shuō báihuàwén ma ?
Can you speak in layman’s terms?
他们认为中国几千年来使用的文言文式样的书面表达方式不利于思想文化传播。所以为了便于在社会大众中宣传新思想,他们提倡使用更接近日常会话的白话文进行写作和交流。《新青年》就是新文化运动的主战场。
tāmen rènwéi Zhōngguó jǐ qiān nián lái shǐyòng de wényánwén shìyàng de shūmiàn biǎodá fāngshì bù lìyú sīxiǎng wénhuà chuánbō 。suǒyǐ wèile biànyú zài shèhuì dàzhòng zhōng xuānchuán xīn sīxiǎng ,tāmen tíchàng shǐyòng gèng jiējìn rìcháng huìhuà de báihuàwén jìnxíng xiězuò hé jiāoliú 。 xīnqīngnián 》jiùshì xīnwénhuàyùndòng de zhǔ zhànchǎng 。
They believed that the system of only using classical Chinese in writing, which had been in use for thousands of years, wasn't beneficial to the dissemination of thought and culture. So, in order to make this dissemination more convenient for the masses, they advocated the use of current and daily-use language in writing and communication. The literary journal, "New Youth" was the New Culture Movement's primary battlefield.