Meaning of 早期白话
早期白话 means early vernacular Chinese; the written form of spoken language from the Tang and Song dynasties to the May Fourth Movement. Pronounced zǎo qī bái huà.
- early vernacular Chinese; the written form of spoken language from the Tang and Song dynasties to the May Fourth Movement
Definitions & Examples
Zǎo早
qī期
bái白
huà话
xiǎo小
shuō说
zài在
míng明
qīng清
shí时
qī期
fēi非
cháng常
liú流
xíng行
。
Early vernacular novels were extremely popular during the Ming and Qing dynasties.
Yán研
jiū究
zǎo早
qī期
bái白
huà话
yǒu有
zhù助
yú于
lǐ理
jiě解
xiàn现
dài代
hàn汉
yǔ语
de的
lái来
yuán源
。
Studying early vernacular Chinese helps us understand the origins of modern Chinese.
《
Shuǐ水
hǔ浒
zhuàn传
》
shì是
yòng用
zǎo早
qī期
bái白
huà话
xiě写
chéng成
de的
jīng经
diǎn典
zuò作
pǐn品
。
Water Margin is a classic work written in early vernacular Chinese.
Yǔ与
wén文
yán言
wén文
xiāng相
bǐ比
，
zǎo早
qī期
bái白
huà话
gèng更
jiē接
jìn近
dāng当
shí时
de的
kǒu口
yǔ语
。
Compared to classical Chinese, early vernacular was closer to the spoken language of the time.