对白 duìbái dialogue (in a movie or a play)
How to remember 对白: 对 correct + 白 white = dialogue (in a movie or a play).
Characters
How it is used
- The dialogue/lines in a film or play - 这部电影的对白很精彩 (zhè bù diànyǐng de duìbái hěn jīngcǎi) the movie's dialogue is brilliant.
- A film/theater term for spoken exchanges between characters; contrast 台词 (táicí), an actor's lines generally, and 独白 (dúbái, monologue).
- Refers to the script's talk, not real-life conversation (that's 对话).