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方言 fāng yán topolect / dialect
土话 tǔ huà vernacular / slang / dialect / patois
土语 tǔ yǔ dialect / patois
语 yǔ dialect / language / speech
潮州 Cháo zhōu Chaozhou or Teochew prefecture-level city in Guangdong 廣東省|广东省[Guang3 dong1 Sheng3], with famous cuisine / Chaochou town in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], Taiwan / Chaozhou, variant of Minnan dialect 閩南語|闽南语[Min3 nan2 yu3] spoken in east Guangdong
猩猩 xīng xing orangutan / (slang) dialect speaker whose speech is corrupted by Standard Mandarin
上海话 Shàng hǎi huà Shanghainese / Shanghai dialect
客家话 Kè jiā huà Hakka dialect
北京话 Běi jīng huà Beijing dialect
潮洲 Cháo zhōu Chaozhou or Teochew, a town near Guangdong, with famous cuisine / Chaozhou, variant of Minnan dialect 閩南語|闽南语[Min3 nan2 yu3] spoken in east Guangdong
吴侬娇语 Wú nóng jiāo yǔ pleasant-sounding Wu dialect / also written 吳儂軟語|吴侬软语[Wu2 nong2 ruan3 yu3]
吴侬软语 Wú nóng ruǎn yǔ pleasant-sounding Wu dialect
女书 nu:3 shū nüshu writing, a phonetic syllabary for Yao ethnic group 瑤族|瑶族[Yao2 zu2] dialect designed and used by women in Jiangyong county 江永縣|江永县[Jiang1 yong3 xian4] in southern Hunan
客语 Kè yǔ Hakka dialect
徽语 Huī yǔ Huizhou dialect of Gan, spoken in southern parts of Anhui Province
扬雄 Yáng Xióng Yang Xiong (53 BC-18 AD), scholar, poet and lexicographer, author of the first Chinese dialect dictionary 方言[Fang1 yan2]
湘语 Xiāng yǔ Xiang (Hunanese) dialect spoken in Hunan Province
沪语 Hù yǔ Shanghainese / Shanghai dialect
苏州话 Sū zhōu huà Suzhou dialect, one of the main Wu dialects 吳語|吴语[Wu2 yu3]
赣语 Gàn yǔ Gan dialect, spoken in Jiangxi Province
乡谈 xiāng tán local dialect
京片子 Jīng piàn zi Beijing dialect
启海话 Qǐ hǎi huà Qihai dialect, a Wu dialect spoken in Tongzhou, Haimen, and Qidong districts in southern Jiangsu province, and on Chongming Island in Shanghai
常德丝弦 Cháng dé sī xián Changde sixian, theatrical folk music style with singing in Changde dialect accompanied by traditional string instruments
视觉方言 shì jué fāng yán (linguistics) eye dialect
四县腔 Sì xiàn qiāng Sixian dialect of Hakka Chinese
家乡话 jiā xiāng huà native language / native dialect
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