List of Chinese dialects

The following is a list of major Chinese dialects.

In addition to the dialects given below, it is customary to speak informally of dialects belonging to each province, e.g. Sichuan dialect, Henan dialect. These designations do not always correspond to classifications used by linguists, but each nevertheless has approximate, stereotypical characteristics of its own.

Contents

Mandarin

Jin

Wu

Hui

Xiang

Gan

Hakka

Yue

Pinghua

Min

Unclassified

See also


Chinese: spoken varieties
Categories:

Gan | Hakka | Hui | Jin | Mandarin | Min | Pinghua | Xiang | Wu | Yue
Danzhouhua | Shaozhou Tuhua | Xianghua

Subcategories of Min: Min Bei | Min Dong | Min Nan | Min Zhong | Pu Xian | Qiong Wen | Shao Jiang
Note: The above is only one classification scheme among many.
The categories in italics are not universally acknowledged to be independent categories.
Comprehensive list of Chinese dialects
Official spoken varieties: Standard Mandarin | Standard Cantonese
Historical phonology: Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Proto-Min | Proto-Mandarin | Haner
Chinese: written varieties
Official written varieties: Classical Chinese | Vernacular Chinese
Other varieties: Written Vernacular Cantonese

External links

Chinese Ink in Southeast Asia

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