The Xiguan dialect, or Sai Kwan dialect (Chinese: 西關話; Jyutping: sai1 gwaan1 waa2), is the prestige dialect of Cantonese originated from Xiguan (Sai Kwan)...
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constructed beside it. Xiguan continues to have a distinctive culture within Guangzhou and some residents speak a distinctive dialect of Cantonese. It now...
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Yuehai Yue (redirect from Guangfu dialect)
Macau dialect Xiguan dialect Wuzhou dialect Tanka dialect Sanyi / Nanpanshun dialects Nanhai dialect Jiujiang dialect Xiqiao dialect Shunde dialect Xiangshan...
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List of varieties of Chinese (redirect from List of Chinese languages and dialects)
The following is a list of Sinitic languages and their dialects. For a traditional dialectological overview, see also varieties of Chinese. "Chinese" is...
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Mandarin Chinese (redirect from Dialect of Mandarin)
Chinese language dialects that are natively spoken across most of northern and southwestern China. The group includes the Beijing dialect, the basis of the...
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Cantonese (redirect from Cantonese dialect)
provenance of the prestige accent of Cantonese: that of the district of Xiguan (西关; 西關; Xīguān; Sai1 Gwaan1) in the west of Guangzhou. It is known for its distinctive...
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collection of Hokkien dialects spoken in southern Fujian province (in southeast China), centered on the city of Zhangzhou. The Zhangzhou dialect proper is the...
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Chengdu-Chongqing dialect or Cheng–Yu (Chinese: 成渝; pinyin: Chéng-Yú; Sichuanese Pinyin: Cen2yu2, local pronunciation: [tsʰən˨˩y˨˩]) is the most widely...
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Suzhounese (Suzhounese: 蘇州閒話; sou1 tseu1 ghe2 gho6), also known as the Suzhou dialect, is the variety of Chinese traditionally spoken in the city of Suzhou in...
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Gan Chinese (redirect from Gan dialect)
in terms of phonetics. There are different dialects of Gan; the Nanchang dialect is the prestige dialect. Like all other varieties of Chinese, there...
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