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方言
Mandarin · pinyin fāng yán#
Meanings · fāng yán
- topolect
- dialect
Mandarin · pinyin Fāng yán#
Meanings · Fāng yán
- the first Chinese dialect dictionary, edited by Yang Xiong 揚雄 Yáng Xióng in 1st century, containing over 9000 characters
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1–2 · fang1 yan2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
fong1 jin4
Cantonese word readings for 方言. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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noun
- (linguistics) dialect; topolect; regionalect; local language; regional language variety
- (linguistics) dialect; topolect; regionalect; local language; regional language variety — (specifically) a variety of Chinese other than Standard Mandarin (such as Southwestern Mandarin, Cantonese, Hokkien, etc.)
- (religion) tongues; glossolalia
name
- Fangyan (the first Chinese dictionary of dialectal terms, written by Han dynasty scholar Yang Xiong)
verb
- (literary) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 方, 言 (yán): to open one's mouth to speak after a period of silence
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