湘语 (xiāngyǔ): Xiang Chinese; Hunanese (Chines…

Meanings

1 Xiang Chinese; Hunanese (Chinese dialect group)

Characters

湘

xiāng

Xiang (abbreviation for Hunan)

语

yǔ

language

Examples

湘语主要分布在湖南省。

Xiāngyǔ zhǔyào fēnbù zài Húnán shěng.

Xiang Chinese is mainly spoken in Hunan province.

毛泽东说的是湘语。

Máo Zédōng shuō de shì xiāngyǔ.

Mao Zedong spoke Xiang.

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.