韻白

简 韵白 · 繁 韻白
Mandarin · pinyin yùn bái

Meanings

  1. form of rhymed baihua 白話 bái huà in Beijing opera
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白
bái · white; pure, unblemished; bright
韵
yùn · rhyme; vowel
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4–2 · yun4 bai2

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wan5 baak6

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noun

  1. A spectrum of traditional variants of Mandarin whose pronunciation is regulated by rhyme books, especially those that are preserved in various regional and trans-regional Chinese operas, such as Kun opera and Beijing opera, as opposed to the local dialects of those regions.
  2. rhyming spoken parts in traditional Chinese opera

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