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Jyutping
ping4 waa6
Pinyin
píng huà
Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
storytelling dramatic art dating back to Song and Yuan periods, single narrator without music, often historical topics with commentary
Definitions (Wiktionary)
noun, Min-Dong
local speech; plain speech; colloquial dialect
noun
local speech; plain speech; colloquial dialect
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
Cantonese
学邓小平话事偈:「黑猫白猫,捉到老鼠嘅就系好猫。」
學鄧小平話事偈:「黑貓白貓,捉到老鼠嘅就係好貓。」
hok6 dang6 siu2 ping4 waa6 si6 gai2: "haak1 maau1 baak6 maau1, zuk1 dou2 lou5 syu2 ge3 zau6 hai6 hou2 maau1."
In the words of Deng Xiaoping : 'It doesn't matter if a cat is black or white, so long as it catches mice.'