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Pinghua

Pinghua noun: a group of Chinese dialects spoken in Guangxi.

Noun

Pinghua (uncountable)

  1. A group of Chinese dialects spoken in Guangxi.
    • Such readings need to be checked against their pronunciations in Pinghua. We often find that Zhuang readings could equally well come from more recent reading pronunciations in Pinghua, and this means they do not necessarily represent older layers of borrowings.2004 November 30, Anthony Diller, Jerry Edmondson, Yongxian Luo, The Tai-Kadai Languages, Routledge, →ISBN, page 424
    • In the Atlas, Pinghua has received the status of a separate dialect group, which has sparked a number of controversies.2010, Maria Kurpaska, Chinese Language(s): A Look Through the Prism of The Great Dictionary of Modern Chinese Dialects, Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 76

Origin of Pinghua

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 平話 /平话 (Pínghuà).

Questions about Pinghua

What does Pinghua mean?
Pinghua means a group of Chinese dialects spoken in Guangxi.
What part of speech is Pinghua?
Pinghua is a noun.

Words near Pinghua in the dictionary

  1. Pinget
  2. Pinggu
  3. pingguite
  4. Pinghsi
  5. Pinghu
  6. Pinghua
  7. pinging
  8. pingingly
  9. pingings
  10. Pingjang
  11. Pingjhen

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