平话

平話
pínghuà
storytelling dramatic art dating back to Song and Yuan periods, single narrator without music, often historical topics with commentary

CEDICT

  1. Pinghua (a group of Chinese dialects spoken in Guangxi)
  2. alternative form of 評話 /评话 (pínghuà)
  3. local speech; plain speech; colloquial dialect

Wiktionary

我国一种讲唱文学。行文的方式由韵散相间到纯散体，係将前代的轶事渲染说唱而成，在宋代最为盛行。如《三国志平话》、《五代史平话》。后发展成说书体的小说也称为「平话」。也作「评话」。

重編國語辭典

  1. 流传于广西的汉语方言
  2. 白话；口语。
  3. 评话／评话(pínghuà)的另一种写法。
  4. 闽东语

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 平 píng
  1. flat
  2. level
  3. equal
  4. to tie (make the same score)
  5. to draw (score)
  6. calm
  7. peaceful
  8. abbr. for 平声 píngshēng
=2 话 huà
  1. dialect
  2. language
  3. spoken words
  4. speech
  5. talk
  6. words
  7. conversation
  8. what sb said

classifiers: 種, 席, 句, 口, 番
=2 话 huà old variant of 话 huà

Containing this entry

平话字 pínghuàzì

Related entries

评话 pínghuà storytelling dramatic art dating back to Song and Yuan periods, single narrator without music, often historical topics with commentary