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白话文
bái​huà​wén

vernacular prose

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 白话 白話 bái​huà
    vernacular; colloquial speech
    Vernacular or colloquial language, specifically the written form based on spoken Chinese as used since the Tang and Song dynasties, as opposed to classical Chinese 文言 wén​yán
  2. 文 wén noun
    writing
    (bound form) writing; script; written language