created reference approved 白话/白話 → 文言 (antonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
白话 / 白話 báihuà
文言 wényán
antonym
Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type
created sense approved 白话/白話 · báihuà · vernacular; colloquial speech — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
白话 / 白話
báihuà
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|文言|wen2 yan2]]
白 (literal) → 白 · bái · vernacular 话 (literal) → 话/話 · huà · speech
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition
created sense approved 白话/白話 · báihuà · empty talk — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
白话 / 白話
báihuà
empty talk
Words that are groundless, false, or cannot be fulfilled
báihua
白 (literal) → 白 · bái · [vain] 话 (literal) → 话/話 · huà · speech
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition
created sense approved 白话/白話 · báihua · to chat — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
白话 / 白話
báihua
to chat
(colloquial) To engage in small talk; to chat or gossip.
báihuà, báihuo
白 (literal) → 白 · bái · [vain] 话 (literal) → 话/話 · huà · speech
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition