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.

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）

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)

粵 • 台山話 (Taishanese)

Audio courtesy of Christine Chen (陳馨慈)

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)

閩 • 福州話 (Fuzhounese)

Fuzhounese recording is missing the following components:

• 靜夜思

Audio courtesy of Yan Lin

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)

吳 • 温州話 (Wenzhounese)

Audio courtesy of Hailey Chen (陳海華)

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