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土话

土話
tǔhuà
noun #48,807

Meanings

  1. 1 local dialect
  2. 2 vernacular
  3. 3 colloquial slang

Characters

土
tǔ
earth; local; rustic
话
huà
speech; language

Examples

他一开口就是东北土话。
Tā yì kāikǒu jiùshì Dōngběi tǔhuà.
The moment he opens his mouth, it's Northeastern slang.
奶奶说土话,我有时候听不懂。
Nǎinai shuō tǔhuà, wǒyǒu shíhou tīngbudǒng.
Grandma speaks the local dialect — sometimes I can't understand her.

Tips

usage
Overlaps with 方言 (fāngyán, regional dialect) but more informal and often pejorative-lite. 方言 is neutral/linguistic; 土话 leans 'rustic', the unpolished speech of one's hometown.

Stroke Order

土 tǔ
话 huà

Related Words

土狗 tǔgǒu
native / local dog / mongrel (colloquial) / Chinese rural dog
土 tǔ HSK 3 #2,924
earth; soil / local; native / unsophisticated; rustic
土豪 tǔháo
nouveau riche / flashy rich person / (historical) local tyrant
乡土 xiāngtǔ #36,422
native; local / of one's hometown / rural; vernacular
土豆 tǔdòu HSK 5 #4,687
potato
土地 tǔdì HSK 4 #2,210
land; soil; territory / farmland; ground
听话 tīnghuà HSK 7-9 #4,376
obedient / well-behaved
笑话儿 xiàohuar HSK 2
joke (erhua colloquial form)
壹号土猪 yīhàotǔzhū
Yihao Tuzhu ("No.1 Local Pig" — Chinese heritage-pork brand)
上海话 shànghǎihuà
Shanghainese / Shanghai dialect / Shanghai Wu
土话 tǔhuà
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