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相對#文言文；通常指五四運動之後，用北京話做標準嘅中文文體。用字同語法比較接近口語。又叫做#語體文。（量詞：篇） (vernacular style writing, as opposed to classical Chinese; this style resembles everyday Mandarin speech.)
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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.