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 see 潮州市[Chao2zhou1 Shi4] / see 潮州鎮|潮州镇[Chao2zhou1 Zhen4] / Chaozhou, variant of Minnan dialect 閩南語|闽南语[Min3nan2yu3] 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 西 南 官 话 xī nán guān huà Southwestern Mandarin, dialect group of Mandarin spoken primarily in southwestern China 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