Meaning of 平话
平话 means pinghua; a genre of ancient Chinese oral literature and early vernacular historical storytelling. Pronounced píng huà.
- pinghua; a genre of ancient Chinese oral literature and early vernacular historical storytelling
Definitions & Examples
《
Sān三
Guó国
Zhì志
Píng平
Huà话
》
shì是
yán研
jiū究
gǔ古
dài代
bái白
huà话
xiǎo小
shuō说
de的
zhòng重
yào要
zī资
liào料
。
"The Story of the Three Kingdoms in Plain Language" is an important resource for studying ancient vernacular novels.
Sòng宋
dài代
xīng兴
qǐ起
de的
píng平
huà话
duì对
hòu后
lái来
de的
zhāng章
huí回
tǐ体
xiǎo小
shuō说
chǎn产
shēng生
le了
shēn深
yuǎn远
yǐng影
xiǎng响
。
The Pinghua genre that emerged in the Song Dynasty had a profound influence on later chapter-based novels.
Píng评
huà话
shì是
píng平
huà话
de的
lìng另
yī一
zhǒng种
xiě写
fǎ法
，
zhǐ指
de的
shì是
tóng同
yī一
zhǒng种
yì艺
shù术
xíng形
shì式
。
"评话" is another way of writing "平话", referring to the same art form.