方言

fāngyán

noun HSK 7-9 #16,089

Measure Word

一种方言 zhǒng

Meanings

1 dialect
2 regional language

Characters

speech; language

Examples

中国有很多方言。

Zhōngguó yǒu hěnduō fāngyán.

China has many dialects.

他说话带着浓重的方言口音。

Tā shuōhuà dài zhe nóngzhòng de fāngyán kǒuyīn.

He speaks with a strong dialectal accent.

Tips

culture

China has seven major dialect groups: Mandarin, Wu, Min, Cantonese, Hakka, Gan, and Xiang. Speakers of different dialects often cannot understand each other.

Stroke Order

方 fāng

言 yán