pai-hua

[ bahyhwah ]

noun
  1. a colloquial form of written Chinese based on the spoken language, in use especially since 1917.

Origin of pai-hua

1
<Chinese báihuà, equivalent to bái plain, pure, white + huà word, talk

Words Nearby pai-hua

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