湘语

湘語

xiāngyǔ

noun

Meanings

1 Xiang Chinese; Hunanese (Chinese dialect group)

Characters

Xiang (abbreviation for Hunan)

Examples

HSK 1

毛泽东说的是湘语。

Máo Zédōng shuō de shì xiāngyǔ.

Mao Zedong spoke Xiang.

HSK 4

湘语主要分布在湖南省。

Xiāngyǔ zhǔyào fēnbù zài Húnánshěng.

Xiang Chinese is mainly spoken in Hunan province.

Tips

culture

One of the seven major Sinitic branches alongside Mandarin (官话), Wu (吴语), Cantonese (粤语), Min (闽语), Hakka (客家话), and Gan (赣语). Split into 新湘语 (closer to Mandarin) and 老湘语 (preserves older features). 湘 is the one-character abbreviation for Hunan.

Stroke Order

湘 xiāng

语 yǔ