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Dialect Lesson

DIALECTS

Fangyan Friday: Learn Minnanhua, a Global Chinese Dialect

The dialect of the Southern Min region is spoken by 45 million people worldwide (and makes for great pop music)

Huang Shichan (黄仕婵)

June 24, 2022

DIALECTS

Fangyan Friday: The Northern Influence on Hangzhou’s Dialect

Learn how to speak like a Hangzhou local

Ningyi Xi (席宁忆)

Jan. 14, 2022

DIALECTS

Preserving Chinese Dialects One Wikipedia Entry at a Time

The amateurs trying to preserve Chinese dialects via Wikipedia

Siyi Chu (褚司怡)

Nov. 19, 2021

DIALECTS

Fangyan Friday: The Tempestuous Tones of Ningbo

Proximity to the sea has influenced the dialect of this Zhejiang port city

Wang Lin (王琳)

Oct. 1, 2021

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Fangyan Friday: The Hybrid Ming Court Dialect of Kunming

'Kunminghua' is a fusion of Ming dynasty official Mandarin and multiple ethnic minority dialects in Yunnan

Anson Zong-Liscum (安森)

July 30, 2021

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Fangyan Friday #11: The Wuwei Way

Learn the “do nothing” dialect from Anhui province

Yang Tingting (杨婷婷)

March 20, 2020

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Fangyan Friday #9: Elegant Shaoxing

Even insults can sound refined in the dialect of this gentle Zhejiang city

Jessica Zhang

Aug. 9, 2019

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Fangyan Friday #4: Pu-Xian Min

An endangered Fujianese dialect from the birthplace of Mazu, the goddess of mariners

Eduardo Baptista

Nov. 16, 2018

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Fangyan Friday #3: The Rap of Sichuanese

TWOC’s guide to the dialect of Deng Xiaoping—and modern Chinese hip-hop

Eduardo Baptista

Nov. 2, 2018

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Fangyan Friday #2: The Devil’s Wenzhouhua

Learn some key phrases from the notorious Zhejiang dialect known as the “devil’s language”

Eduardo Baptista

Sept. 21, 2018

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Fangyan Friday #1: Wuhanese

Learn to speak like a native of Hubei’s capital with TWOC’s new regular column

Eduardo Baptista

Sept. 14, 2018

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