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Chinese Dialects
  • Home
    • Preface
  • Listen
  • Interviews
  • Case Studies
    • Taiwan
    • Hong Kong
    • Conclusion
  • References
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    • Home
      • Preface
    • Listen
    • Interviews
    • Case Studies
      • Taiwan
      • Hong Kong
      • Conclusion
    • References

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Listen to different dialects by clicking the play button underneath each dialect.

Notes:

Admittedly, these are not the best recordings; some are missing portions or have background noise. But they are still representative of the many similarities and differences between Chinese dialects.

These recordings are only based on an individual's personal knowledge and usage of their dialect and do not reflect the dialect as a whole. As with any language, there are many variations even within dialects.

Recordings are split into 3 sections:

1. Numbers (數字)

  • 零、一、二、三、四、五、六、七、八、九、十、百、千、萬


2. 《靜夜思》李白 (Popular Tang Dynasty Poem)

  • 床前明月光;疑是地上霜。舉頭望明月,低頭思故郷。


3. Common Phrases (常見詞彙)

  • Greetings: 你好、大家好、現在幾點?、今天天氣很好

  • Family: 爸爸、媽媽、哥哥、弟弟、姐姐、妹妹、兒子、女兒

  • Misc.: 謝謝、對不起

Title Format:

Language Family • Chinese Name (English Name)

官 • 普通話/國語 (Mandarin)

*The term "普通話" is used in mainland China while "國語" is used in Taiwan. There are slight differences in pronunciation and vocabulary between 普通話 and 國語; however, they are not reflected in these recordings.

Mandarin.mp3

官 • 湖北話 (Hubei Dialect)

This dialect is from the Jingzhou (荆州) city in Hubei. Audio courtesy of Lexi Yan(晏梓潔)

Hubei Jingzhou Dialect.mp3

粵 • 廣東話 (Cantonese)

The following is the written transcript of Section 3: Common Phrases

Greetings: 你好、大家好、而家幾多點?、今日天氣好好

Family: 爹地、媽咪、哥哥、弟弟、姐姐、妹妹、兒子、女兒

Family (alternate): 老竇、老母、阿哥、細佬、家姐、阿妹、仔、女

Misc.: 多謝、對唔住

Audio courtesy of Steven Lu (呂浩俍)

Cantonese.mp3

粵 • 台山話 (Taishanese)

Audio courtesy of Christine Chen (陳馨慈)

Taishanese.mp3

閩南 • 台語 (Taiwanese)

Taiwanese recording is missing the following components:

  • 靜夜思

Audio courtesy of Dr. Shiouyin Houng (洪琇瑩老師)

TaiwaneseFull.mp3

閩 • 福州話 (Fuzhounese)

Fuzhounese recording is missing the following components:

  • 靜夜思

Audio courtesy of Yan Lin

FuzhouneseFull.mp3

閩南 • 潮州話 (Teochew)

Teochew recording is missing the following components:

  • 靜夜思

  • 今天天氣很好

  • 女兒

  • 對不起

Audio courtesy of Lan Luu (汪美蘭)

Teochew.mp3

吳 • 温州話 (Wenzhounese)

Audio courtesy of Hailey Chen (陳海華)

Wenzhounese.mp3

ILoveLanguages! Sinitic Languages Playlist

The YouTube channel ILoveLanguages! has a great playlist with many different Chinese dialects. Some of their videos also compare dialects to each other so you can easily hear the differences between them. If you have time, I would definitely check their channel out!

ILoveLanguages! Sinitic Languages

Steven Lu (呂浩俍) Final Project for CHIN3400: China Cultural OdysseyInstructor: Lu Liu (劉璐)
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