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白話詩

简白话诗 · 繁白話詩

Mandarin · pinyin bái huà shī

free verse in the vernacular

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白: bái · white; pure, unblemished; bright
話: huà · speech, talk, language; dialect
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话: huà · speech, talk, language; dialect
诗: shī · poetry; poem, verse, ode

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2–4–1 · bai2 hua4 shi1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

baak6 waa2 si1

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noun

vernacular poetry (as opposed to traditional poetry written in Classical Chinese)

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