白話 [－话]

Jyutping baak6 waa6
Pinyin bái hua

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb, regional
    to brag; to boast; to talk big
    (syn.) 表功, 吹水, 𬅫鸡胲, 夸喙, 練扇空, 夸耀, 吹嘘, 讲空, 化仙, 誇, 說大話, 拉𰵩, 鼓吹, 膨风, 誇口, 吹牛三, 矜人, 自夸, 相空, 歕雞胲, 歕雞胿, 好臉, 放空, 自矜, 夸口, 講嘐潲話, 嗙鸡胲, 車大炮, 吹噓, 放臭屁, 自詡, 講空, 拉誧, 風龜, 练扇空, 说大话, 嗙雞胲, 膨風, 誇喙, 风龟, 放風球, 𬅫鸡胿, 放风球, 讲嘐潲话, 呾卵话, 夸, 吹牛屄, 放风龟, 放風龜, 嗙虎膦, 呾卵話, 车大炮, 好脸, 誇耀, 自诩, 自誇, 吹牛皮, 拉空, 吹牛
  2. verb, regional
    to chat
    (syn.) 聊天

白話 [－话]

Jyutping baak6 waa6
Pinyin bái huà

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun, Guangdong, in Hong Kong, rare
    Yue; Cantonese
    • 你识唔识讲白话㗎？
      你识唔识讲白话㗎？
      nei5 sik1 m4 sik1 gong2 baak6 waa2 gaa3?
      Do you know Cantonese?
    • 南寧白話／南宁白话
      南宁白话／南宁白话
      nán níng bái huà
      Nanning Cantonese
  2. noun
    vernacular Chinese (as opposed to Classical Chinese); plain language
    • 五四時期盛行白話小説。
      五四时期盛行白话小说。
      wǔ sì shí qī shèng xíng bái huà xiǎo shuō ．
      During the May Fourth period, vernacular novels were popular.
  3. noun, Min-Dong
    proverb; common saying
  4. noun, Min-Nan
    local dialect
  5. noun
    empty words; meaningless talk
    • 指望你今天送錢來，原來是空口説白話。
      指望你今天送钱来，原来是空口说白话。
      zhǐ wàng nǐ jīn tiān sòng qián lái ， yuán lái shì kōng kǒu shuō bái huà ．
      I expected you to send money today, but it turned out to be empty talk.
  6. noun, Min-Nan
    frank words
  7. noun, Zhangzhou-Hokkien
    lie; untruth

白話 [－话]

Jyutping baak6 waa2
Pinyin bái huà

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. spoken language
  2. vernacular
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞
    相對​文言​，​平時​我​哋​講​嘢​嘅​方法
    vernacular style; similar to how people normally say things
    • 白話文
      白话文
      baak6 waa2 man4
      Baihua; vernacular writing; usually refers to Modern Written Chinese
  2. 名詞
    粵​語​嘅​另​一​個​叫法​。​喺​香港​叫當​地​嘅​粵​語​做​廣​東​話​，​喺​廣​東​同​廣​西​，​大部份​人​都​叫做​白話​。
    Cantonese ("the vernacular"), which is how the language is referred to in Guangdong and Guangxi.
    • 南寧白話
      南宁白话
      naam4 ning4 baak6 waa2
      Nanning Cantonese
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
  2. 粵語 – 粤语
  3. 本地話 – 本地话
  4. 廣州話 – 广州话
  5. 廣府話 – 广府话
  6. 廣東話 – 广东话
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    白话
    白話
    baak6 waa2
    • the vernacular (i.e. Cantonese)
  2. Cantonese
    白话文
    白話文
    baak6 waa2 man4
    • Baihua; vernacular writing; usually refers to Modern Written Chinese
  3. Cantonese
    南宁白话
    南寧白話
    naam4 ning4 baak6 waa2
    • Nanning Cantonese
  4. Cantonese
    条友无读过大学就批评教授教书点唔得，空口讲白话。
    條友無讀過大學就批評教授教書點唔得，空口講白話。
    • X
  5. Cantonese
    白话文比文言文易明白好多。
    白話文比文言文易明白好多。
    baak6 waa2 man4 bei2 man4 jin4 man2 ji6 ming4 baak6 hou2 do1.
    • The vernacular style Chinese writing is much easier to understand than classical style Chinese.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    南宁白话／南宁白话
    南寧白話／南宁白话
    nán níng bái huà
    • Nanning Cantonese
  2. Mandarin
    五四时期盛行白话小说。
    五四時期盛行白話小説。
    wǔ sì shí qī shèng xíng bái huà xiǎo shuō ．
    • During the May Fourth period, vernacular novels were popular.
  3. Mandarin
    指望你今天送钱来，原来是空口说白话。
    指望你今天送錢來，原來是空口説白話。
    zhǐ wàng nǐ jīn tiān sòng qián lái ， yuán lái shì kōng kǒu shuō bái huà ．
    • I expected you to send money today, but it turned out to be empty talk.