方言
fāng yán
Meaning
- topolect
- dialect
- the first Chinese dialect dictionary, edited by Yang Xiong 扬雄 Yáng Xióng in 1st century, containing over 9000 characters
Example sentences
我想问他会不会说方言。
我想問他會不會說方言。
wǒ xiǎng wèn tā huì bú huì shuō fāng yán。
I wanted to ask him if he could speak a dialect.
汉语方言间的发音区别很大。
漢語方言間的發音區別很大。
hàn yǔ fāng yán jiān de fā yīn qū bié hěn dà。
The pronunciations of different Chinese dialects vary greatly.
你认为这是语言还是方言？
你認爲這是語言還是方言？
nǐ rèn wéi zhè shì yǔ yán hái shì fāng yán？
Do you think this is a language or a dialect?