9th January 2004, 03:06 AM
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Baihua
In Shenzhen, I met some people from Hunan and Sichuan whom said that they were trying to learn "Baihua". I scratched my head and later understood that they meant they tried to learn some Cantonese. |
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9th January 2004, 06:33 AM
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We call Cantonese Baihua in guangzhou.
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9th January 2004, 06:58 AM
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In Yunnan too.
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9th January 2004, 09:57 AM
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How do you write this Baihua? The same as normal Baihua (modern written Chinese), and the language of the Bai minority? All seems very confusing!
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9th January 2004, 09:58 AM
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That wasn't clear. I mean what are the characters "bai" and "hua"?
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9th January 2004, 10:38 AM
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白话，"clear/understandable language"
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9th January 2004, 10:40 AM
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baihua = 白話 (plain language)
Both my local guides in Yunnan and Guilin who spoke Cantonese said they spoke "白話". |
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9th January 2004, 10:41 AM
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Quest, but why? I want to know too.
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9th January 2004, 10:42 AM
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Particularly weird in Yunnan cos there are Bai zu folk there!
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9th January 2004, 10:44 AM
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I dont know why, some say 广州话 some say 白话。It is 白话 to the locals. I dont know why people from other provinces call it 白话 too.
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