白话文 báihuàwén vernacular prose Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 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 wényán文 wén noun writing (bound form) writing; script; written language