Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

baihua

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bai-hua
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Vernacular Chinese, as opposed to Classical Chinese

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The first baihua-journals until about 1901 contained mainly articles and news, which had been originally written in wenyan and were now translated into the vernacular language."

Etymology

From Mandarin 白話／白话 (báihuà).

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does baihua mean?: Vernacular Chinese, as opposed to Classical Chinese
Where does baihua come from?: From Mandarin 白話／白话 (báihuà).

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