The Shaoxing dialect (simplified Chinese: 绍兴话/绍兴方言; traditional Chinese: 紹興話/紹興方言; pinyin: Shàoxīnghuà/Shàoxīng fāngyán) is a Wu dialect spoken in the city of Shaoxing more specifically in the city center of Yuecheng and its surrounding areas. It is a representative Wu dialect with a tripartite distinction on voiced stop initials and a textbook register split with each of the four tonal categories of Middle Chinese being divided into upper and lower registers. Within Wu, it is classified as a Northern Wu dialect belonging to the Taihu division within which it is classified under the Linshao subdivision (臨紹小片/临绍小片).
It is the pronunciation of the Shaoxing dialect which is the standard to be used on the texts of Yue opera. It is also the native language of Cai Yuanpei and Lu Xun whose Baihua was often peppered with phrases from his native dialect.
"Shaoxingdialect," but there are noticeable differences between these speech forms and those of the main urban area of Shaoxing. The Shaoxingdialect...
built-up (or metro) area of Hangzhou–Shaoxing, with a total of 13,035,326 inhabitants. Notable residents of Shaoxing include Wang Xizhi, the parents of...
than Shaoxing as Shaoxing Wine is a "common fraudulent practice". Zhejiang Gu Yue Long Shan Shaoxing Wine Co., Ltd. (Chinese: 古越龍山) of Shaoxing, Zhejiang...
Hangzhou) Shaoxing University (绍兴文理学院; Shaoxing) Wenzhou Medical University (温州医科大学; Wenzhou) Wenzhou Teachers College Wenzhou-Kean University Shaoxing College...
Zhejiang province, including Hangzhou, Shaoxing, Ningbo, Huzhou, and Jiaxing. A notable exception is the dialect of the town of Jinxiang, which is a linguistic...
are lost on modern readers or other dialect speakers. Yue opera, for example, is performed in the Shaoxingdialect, however the register is more literary...
Beijing dialect Mandarin speakers to the population. Because of the frequent commerce and intercourse between Hangzhou and Shaoxing, the Hangzhou dialect is...
as Shaoxing opera, is a popular Chinese opera genre. Only Peking opera is considered more popular nationwide. Originating in Shengzhou, Shaoxing, Zhejiang...
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Shaoxing University (simplified Chinese: 绍兴文理学院; traditional Chinese: 紹興文理學院; pinyin: Shàoxīng wénlǐ xuéyuàn) is located in Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China....
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eastern Guangdong. Standard Chinese takes its phonology from the Beijing dialect, with vocabulary from the Mandarin group and grammar based on literature...
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Fujian), Eastern Guangdong, Hainan, and Southern Zhejiang. Southern Min dialects are also spoken by descendants of emigrants from these areas in diaspora...
sou1 tseu1 ghe2 gho6; [səu˥.tsøʏ˥.ɦɛ˨˨˦.ɦo˨˧˩]), also known as the Suzhou dialect, is the variety of Chinese traditionally spoken in the city of Suzhou in...
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