Baihua (vernacular written Chinese)
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Baihua is the written form of modern spoken Chinese that developed to reflect everyday speech rather than the archaic, literary style of Classical Chinese.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| vernacular Chinese movement | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
register of Chinese
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vernacular language ⓘ written language variety ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
baihua
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colloquial written Chinese ⓘ vernacular Chinese ⓘ 白话 ⓘ |
| associatedMovement |
May Fourth Movement
NERFINISHED
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New Culture Movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | spoken Mandarin Chinese ⓘ |
| contrastWith |
Classical Chinese
ⓘ
Literary Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| differenceFromClassicalChinese |
greater one-to-one correspondence with spoken words
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more explicit grammatical markers ⓘ |
| domain | language reform in China ⓘ |
| educationPolicy | promoted as the standard written form in modern Chinese schools ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
20th century
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Republic of China era ⓘ late Qing dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Beijing dialect of Mandarin
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vernacular fiction of the Ming and Qing dynasties ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Sinitic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| linguisticFeature |
colloquial vocabulary
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simpler grammar than Classical Chinese ⓘ topic–comment structures ⓘ use of pronouns closer to spoken Mandarin ⓘ use of sentence-final particles ⓘ |
| originatesFrom | everyday spoken Chinese ⓘ |
| prominentAdvocate |
Hu Shih
NERFINISHED
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Lu Xun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose | to reflect everyday speech in writing ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
diglossia in Chinese
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language modernization in East Asia ⓘ |
| replaced | Classical Chinese as the main written standard in the 20th century ⓘ |
| standardizedAs | Modern Standard Written Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | dominant written form of Chinese in the contemporary era ⓘ |
| timeOfRise | late 19th century ⓘ |
| timeOfStandardization | early 20th century ⓘ |
| usedFor |
education
ⓘ
magazines ⓘ modern Chinese literature ⓘ newspapers ⓘ official documents ⓘ |
| usedIn |
China
NERFINISHED
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Singapore NERFINISHED ⓘ Taiwan NERFINISHED ⓘ overseas Chinese communities ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Chinese characters ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.