pai-huan.

Brit.

/pʌɪˈhwɑː/, U.S.

/ˌpaɪˈhwɑ/

Forms: 1900s– bai hua, 1900s– baihua, 1900s– bai hwa, 1900s– pai hua, 1900s– pai-hua, 1900s– paihua, 1900s– pai hwa, 1900s– p'ai hwa. Also with capital initials.

Origin: A borrowing from Chinese. Etymon: Chinese báihuà.

Etymology: < Chinese báihuà plain speech, vernacular (Wade-Giles transcription p'aihua) < bái white, pure, plain + huà word, talk.

The standard written form of modern Chinese, based on the northern dialects, esp. that of Beijing (Peking); the vernacular literary style. Also attributive, esp. in pai-hua movement. Cf. putonghua n., wenyan n.

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the mind > language > languages of the world > Sino-Tibetan > [noun] > Chinese > Mandarin > varieties of

Kuan Hua1814

wen li1887

mandarin Chinese1895

pai-hua1923

Kuo-yü1932

putonghua1950

wenyan1964

1923 B. Karlgren Sound & Symbol in Chinese iii. 37 Some modern newspapers have tried to introduce pai hua ‘white language’, i.e. vulgar style, colloquial, at least in one or two columns, but with no great success.

1932 O. M. Green in Asiatic Rev. 28 114 The Literary Revolution of 1917 to 1919..secured the adoption of the Pai Hua, the most widely spoken language in China, for all literary purposes. Not only newspapers and magazines but many standard works are now printed in the Pai Hua.

1934 Bull. School Oriental Stud. 7 584 Dr. Wilhelm, with considerable insight, finds in the movement a parallel to the modern pai-hua movement in China.

1950 J. De Francis Nationalism & Lang. Reform in China i. 7 The paihua or colloquial style was, roughly speaking, speech reduced to writing in the ideographic script.

1961 Jrnl. Asian Stud. 20 375 The Nien-chǔn ko-yao is a very interesting collection of more than two hundred folk songs about the Nien Army written in simple but beautiful Pai-hua Chinese.

1994 W. Fairbank Liang & Lin iii. 17 This was a group of young writers active in the pai-hua movement, which promoted the now generally accepted use of the vernacular language for literary purposes.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pai-hua
释义	pai-huan. Brit. /pʌɪˈhwɑː/, U.S. /ˌpaɪˈhwɑ/ Forms: 1900s– bai hua, 1900s– baihua, 1900s– bai hwa, 1900s– pai hua, 1900s– pai-hua, 1900s– paihua, 1900s– pai hwa, 1900s– p'ai hwa. Also with capital initials. Origin: A borrowing from Chinese. Etymon: Chinese báihuà. Etymology: < Chinese báihuà plain speech, vernacular (Wade-Giles transcription p'aihua) < bái white, pure, plain + huà word, talk. The standard written form of modern Chinese, based on the northern dialects, esp. that of Beijing (Peking); the vernacular literary style. Also attributive, esp. in pai-hua movement. Cf. putonghua n., wenyan n. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Sino-Tibetan > [noun] > Chinese > Mandarin > varieties of Kuan Hua1814 wen li1887 mandarin Chinese1895 pai-hua1923 Kuo-yü1932 putonghua1950 wenyan1964 1923 B. Karlgren Sound & Symbol in Chinese iii. 37 Some modern newspapers have tried to introduce pai hua ‘white language’, i.e. vulgar style, colloquial, at least in one or two columns, but with no great success. 1932 O. M. Green in Asiatic Rev. 28 114 The Literary Revolution of 1917 to 1919..secured the adoption of the Pai Hua, the most widely spoken language in China, for all literary purposes. Not only newspapers and magazines but many standard works are now printed in the Pai Hua. 1934 Bull. School Oriental Stud. 7 584 Dr. Wilhelm, with considerable insight, finds in the movement a parallel to the modern pai-hua movement in China. 1950 J. De Francis Nationalism & Lang. Reform in China i. 7 The paihua or colloquial style was, roughly speaking, speech reduced to writing in the ideographic script. 1961 Jrnl. Asian Stud. 20 375 The Nien-chǔn ko-yao is a very interesting collection of more than two hundred folk songs about the Nien Army written in simple but beautiful Pai-hua Chinese. 1994 W. Fairbank Liang & Lin iii. 17 This was a group of young writers active in the pai-hua movement, which promoted the now generally accepted use of the vernacular language for literary purposes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1923
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