白話字

See also: 白话字

Chinese

		vernacular Chinese; plain language	letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word
trad. (白話字)		白話	字
simp. (白话字)		白话	字

Wikipedia has articles on:

• 白話字 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
• 白話字 (Cantonese)
• Pha̍k-fa-sṳ (Mén-nàm-ngî) (Hakka)
• Băh-uâ-cê (Eastern Min)
• Pe̍h-oē-jī (Southern Min)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báihuàzì

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄗˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ waa^6-2 zi⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pha̍k-fa-sṳ
• Eastern Min (BUC): băh-uâ-cê
• Puxian Min (Putian, Pouseng Ping'ing): ba⁷ ua⁵ zi⁵
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pe̍h-ōe-jī / pe̍h-ōe-lī / pe̍eh-ōa-jī

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bêh⁸ uê⁷ ri⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báihuàzì
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄗˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báihuàzìh
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-hua⁴-tzŭ⁴
    • Yale: bái-hwà-dz̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairhuahtzyh
    • Palladius: байхуацзы (bajxuaczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ xu̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ waa^6-2 zi⁶
    • Yale: baahk wá jih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ waa^6-2 dzi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ wa^6-2 ji⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² waː²²⁻³⁵ t͡siː²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pha̍k-fa-sṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: pag fa sii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pag⁶ fa⁴ si⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰak̚⁵ fa⁵⁵ sɨ⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: băh-uâ-cê
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paʔ⁵⁻²¹ ua²⁴²⁻⁵³ ^(t͡s-)ʒɛi²⁴²/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ba⁷ ua⁵ zi⁵ [Phonetic: ba⁵ ua⁴ li⁵]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ba̍h-uā-cī
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pa¹³⁻¹¹ ua¹¹⁻⁴² ^(t͡s-)li¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, dated in Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-ōe-jī
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍h-uē-jī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peq'oexji
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ ue³³⁻²¹ zi³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ ue²²⁻²¹ d͡zi²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-ōe-lī
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍h-uē-lī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peq'oexli
    • IPA (Taipei): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ ue³³⁻¹¹ li³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ ue²²⁻²¹ li²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² ue⁴¹⁻²² li⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍eh-ōa-jī
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍eh-uā-jī
    • IPA (Penang): /pɛ(ʔ)⁴⁻³ ua²¹ d͡zi²¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɛ(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ ua²²⁻²¹ d͡zi²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bêh⁸ uê⁷ ri⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pe̍h uē jī
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peʔ⁴⁻² ue¹¹ d͡zi¹¹/

Noun

白話字

1. vernacular writing
2. Pe̍h-ōe-jī (a Latin alphabet-based orthography for Hokkien); POJ
3. Bǽh-oe-tu (a Latin alphabet-based orthography for Hainanese); BOT
4. Pha̍k-fa-sṳ (a Latin alphabet-based orthography for Hakka); PFS
5. Pha̍k-oa-chhi (a Latin alphabet-based orthography for Gan Chinese); POC
6. (Putian Puxian Min) Báⁿ-uā-ci̍ (a Latin alphabet-based orthography for Puxian Min); BUC

Synonyms

• (Pe̍h-ōe-jī): 臺語羅馬字／台语罗马字 (táiyǔ luómǎzì, “Taiwanese Roman alphabet”), 教會羅馬字／教会罗马字 (jiàohuì luómǎzì, “church Roman alphabet”), 教羅／教罗 (jiàoluó, “church Roman alphabet (abbreviation)”); (Hokkien) 白話／白话 (pe̍eh-ōa)
• (Báⁿ-uā-ci̍): 平話字／平话字 (pínghuàzì)

References

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “白话字”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 19.