川话

川話
Chuānhuà
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Sichuanese (Sichuan dialect of Chinese)
  2. 2 the Sichuan way of speaking

Examples

Wǒ tīng bù dǒng Chuānhuà.
I don't understand Sichuanese.
Tā yì shuō Chuānhuà wǒ jiù juéde tèbié qīnqiè.
When he speaks Sichuanese I feel a special warmth.

Tips

culture
Part of the Southwestern Mandarin 西南官话 group (not a separate Chinese language like Cantonese). Spoken across Sichuan, Chongqing, and parts of Yunnan and Guizhou. Signature features: tone contours different from Putonghua, and fillers //. Widely known outside Sichuan through comedy and films.
usage
More formally written 四川话. The single-character prefix is the standard abbreviation for 四川 (hence 川菜 Sichuan cuisine, 川剧 Sichuan opera).

Stroke Order

chuān
huà