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文白異讀 (man4 baak6 ji6 duk6) — different literary and colloquial readings of Chinese characters in Cantonese

manˎ₄文baakˍ₆白jiˍ₆異dukˍ₆讀
简 文白异读
Mandarin Pinyin: wen2 bai2 yi4 du2

Meaning of 文白異讀

noundifferent literary and colloquial readings of Chinese characters
noundiffering literary and colloquial readings

Characters in 文白異讀

文man4
liberal arts; humanities | [ant] 理
白baak6
the spoken part in an opera, etc.
異ji6
different; variant | [antonym] 同
讀duk6
read; pronounce; read aloud

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