• ɦɛ˨˨˦.ɦo˨˧˩]), also known as the Suzhou dialect, is the variety of Chinese traditionally spoken in the city of Suzhou in Jiangsu, China. Suzhounese is...
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    Wu Chinese (redirect from Wu dialect)
    tongue as Shanghainese when introduced to foreigners. The Suzhou dialect was the prestige dialect of Wu as of the 19th century, but had been replaced in...
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    Suzhou is a city in southern Jiangsu of eastern China. Since economic reforms began in 1978, Suzhou attained GDP growth rates of about 14% in 35 years...
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  • similarities with Shanghainese and the Suzhou dialect. It is mutually intelligible with the Changzhou dialect to which it is most closely related.[citation...
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  • following lists translations in the Suzhou, Shanghai, Ningbo, Hangzhou, Jinhua, Wenzhou, and Taizhou (Zhejiang) dialects of Wu Chinese: New Testament, 1881...
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  • Ningbo dialect Hangzhou dialect Suzhou dialect Changzhou dialect Wuxi dialect Jiangyin dialect Qi–Hai dialect Jinxiang dialect Sinolect.org. "Untitled"...
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  • province of China. It has many similarities with the Shanghainese and Suzhou dialect. It is not at all mutually intelligible with Mandarin, China's official...
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  • in Suzhou, Jiangsu Suzhou River (film), a film by Lou Ye 2719 Suzhou, an asteroid named after Suzhou, Jiangsu Suzhou dialect Suzhou embroidery Suzhou numerals...
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    Middle Chinese are retained in Wu dialects such as Suzhou and Shanghai, as well as Old Xiang dialects and a few Gan dialects, but have merged with voiceless...
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    instrument-playing, singing and acting. Talking uses authentic and skilled Suzhou dialect to narrate stories and deduce characters. Narration and speaking are...
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    Ningbo dialect, Shanghai dialect, Suzhou dialect, Wenzhou dialect Hui: Jixi dialect Gan: Lichuan dialect, Nanchang dialect, Pingxiang dialect Xiang: Changsha...
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  • Wenzhounese (redirect from Oujiang dialect)
    Wenzhou dialect. China portal New York City portal List of varieties of Chinese Wenzhounese romanisation Suzhou dialect Shanghainese Hangzhou dialect "Native...
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  • family of dialects, which means the inhabitants speak a dialect similar to that of nearby Wuxi, Changzhou, Suzhou, and Shanghai. The Jiangyin dialect itself...
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    spy Zheng Pingru. Tang learned Shanghainese and Suzhou Pingtan, which is sung in the Suzhou dialect, for her role. She won the Golden Horse Award for...
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    Jiaxing dialect is a Northern Wu dialect in the Sujiahu dialect grouping. As such, it is a sister dialect of both Shanghainese and Suzhou dialect, and easily...
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    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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  • typically sung in Suzhou dialect of Wu Chinese. Suzhou opera originated in Suzhou city, the cultural center of China's Jiangnan area. Suzhou opera is accompanied...
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  • preserved in the Wu group of Chinese varieties, e.g. in the Suzhou dialect. But the Fuqing dialect has devoiced the obstruents, turning them into voiceless...
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    Qian Qianyi (category Burials in Suzhou)
    simplified Chinese: 钱谦益; pinyin: Qián Qiānyì; Wade–Giles: Ch'ien Ch'ien-i; Suzhou dialect: Wu Chinese pronunciation: [zi tɕʰi ɪʔ]; 1582–1664) was a Chinese historian...
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  • complex nucleus. The old Hangzhou dialect has 53 rhymes. The Hangzhou tonal system is similar to that of the Suzhou dialect, in that some words with shàng...
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  • dialect, a Jianghuai Mandarin dialect. It is closely related to Shanghainese and the Suzhou dialect, but its closest relative is the Huzhou dialect....
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    Luzhi (redirect from Puli, Suzhou)
    Liuzhi meant that there were six straight rivers in the town. In the Suzhou dialect, "liu" was pronounced as "lu", and (六直) pronounced as Luzhi. At the...
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  • February 2021. 刑雯芝 (3 February 2018). Shíyòng Sūzhōuhuà 实用苏州话 [Practical Suzhou Dialect] (in Simplified Chinese, Wu, and English). Peking University Press....
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  • Changzhou dialect Hangzhou dialect Huzhou dialect Jinhua dialect Ningbo dialect Shanghainese dialect Shaoxing dialect Suzhou dialect Wenzhounese dialect Wuxi...
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    Mandarin Chinese, Fuzhou dialect, Min Nan (Hokkien), Wu Chinese (Wenzhounese, Shanghainese, Suzhou dialect, Hangzhou dialect), and Cantonese; in addition...
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  • Wu dialects, the Ruian dialect has relatively few multiple readings. Below are some samples. Shanghainese, another Wu Chinese dialect Suzhou dialect Ruian...
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    Wu (region) (section Suzhou)
    of Suzhou is located in the core area of Wu region, and the dialect spoken in Suzhou is usually regarded as the most typical Wu language dialect. The...
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    Fuzhou dialect, Min Nan Fujianese, Wu Chinese, Beijing dialect, Wenzhounese, Shanghainese, Suzhou dialect, Hangzhou dialect, Changzhou dialect, Cantonese...
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  • The Sing-song Girls of Shanghai (category Culture in Suzhou)
    Unlike most prostitution-oriented novels in Wu Chinese, specifically the Suzhou dialect, all dialog in this novel is in Wu. The acclaimed writer Eileen Chang...
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    Zhangjiagang (category Administrative divisions of Suzhou)
    Zhangjiagang belong to Han Chinese, and Zhangjiagang dialect is derived from Wu Chinese. It originated from Suzhou in the 5th century BC and is spoken by more...
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