方言口音

fāngyánkǒuyīn

noun

Meanings

1 dialect accent / regional accent (in one's Mandarin)

Characters

Examples

他普通话挺好,就是带点方言口音。

Tā Pǔtōnghuà tǐng hǎo, jiùshì dài diǎn fāngyán kǒuyīn.

His Mandarin is pretty good — just a touch of a regional accent.

听方言口音就知道他是四川人。

Tīng fāngyán kǒuyīn jiù zhīdào tā shì Sìchuān rén.

You can tell he's from Sichuan just from the accent.

Tips

culture

Mainland Chinese Mandarin is rated on a 1–6 scale (普通话水平测试); a thick 方言口音 drops you into the lower grades. Common flavors: 川普 (Sichuan-Mandarin), 港普 (Hong Kong-Mandarin), 东北口音, 广东口音. Comedians like Li Xueqin (李雪琴) built stand-up careers around regional 口音.

Stroke Order

方 fāng

言 yán

口 kǒu

音 yīn