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Suzhou dialect
Traditional Chinese
蘇州話
Simplified Chinese
苏州话
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Sūzhōuhuà
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization
Sōujāu wá
Jyutping
sou1 zau1 waa2
Alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
蘇州閒話
Transcriptions
Wu
Suzhounese
Sou-tseu ghé-ghô
Suzhounese (Suzhounese: 蘇州閒話; 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 Jiangsu, China. Suzhounese is a variety of Wu Chinese, and was traditionally considered the Wu Chinese prestige dialect. Suzhounese has a large vowel inventory and it is relatively conservative in initials by preserving voiced consonants from Middle Chinese.[citation needed]
ɦɛ˨˨˦.ɦo˨˧˩]), also known as the Suzhoudialect, is the variety of Chinese traditionally spoken in the city of Suzhou in Jiangsu, China. Suzhounese is...
tongue as Shanghainese when introduced to foreigners. The Suzhoudialect was the prestige dialect of Wu as of the 19th century, but had been replaced in...
similarities with Shanghainese and the Suzhoudialect. It is mutually intelligible with the Changzhou dialect to which it is most closely related.[citation...
Suzhou (/suːˈdʒoʊ/; Chinese: 苏州; Suzhounese: sou¹ tseu¹ [səu˦ tsøʏ˦], Mandarin: [sú.ʈʂóʊ]), alternately romanized as Soochow, is a major prefecture-level...
province of China. It has many similarities with the Shanghainese and Suzhoudialect. It is not at all mutually intelligible with Mandarin, China's official...
following lists translations in the Suzhou, Shanghai, Ningbo, Hangzhou, Jinhua, Wenzhou, and Taizhou (Zhejiang) dialects of Wu Chinese: New Testament, 1881...
preserved in the Wu group of Chinese varieties, e.g. in the Suzhoudialect. But the Fuqing dialect has devoiced the obstruents, turning them into voiceless...
Middle Chinese are retained in Wu dialects such as Suzhou and Shanghai, as well as Old Xiang dialects and a few Gan dialects, but have merged with voiceless...
family of dialects, which means the inhabitants speak a dialect similar to that of nearby Wuxi, Changzhou, Suzhou, and Shanghai. The Jiangyin dialect itself...
instrument-playing, singing and acting. Talking uses authentic and skilled Suzhoudialect to narrate stories and deduce characters. Narration and speaking are...
Wenzhou dialect. China portal New York City portal List of varieties of Chinese Wenzhounese romanisation Suzhoudialect Shanghainese Hangzhou dialect "Native...
complex nucleus. The old Hangzhou dialect has 53 rhymes. The Hangzhou tonal system is similar to that of the Suzhoudialect, in that some words with shàng...
ISBN 9787543964181. 刑雯芝 (3 February 2018). Shíyòng Sūzhōuhuà 实用苏州话 [Practical SuzhouDialect] (in Simplified Chinese, Wu, and English). Peking University Press....
spy Zheng Pingru. Tang learned Shanghainese and Suzhou Pingtan, which is sung in the Suzhoudialect, for her role. She won the Golden Horse Award for...
Jiaxing dialect is a Northern Wu dialect in the Sujiahu dialect grouping. As such, it is a sister dialect of both Shanghainese and Suzhoudialect, and easily...
The following is a list of Sinitic languages and their dialects. For a traditional dialectological overview, see also varieties of Chinese. "Chinese" is...
Liuzhi meant that there were six straight rivers in the town. In the Suzhoudialect, "liu" was pronounced as "lu", and (六直) pronounced as Luzhi. At the...
Peking Opera, Kun Opera, Wuxi Opera, Yangzhou Opera, modern drama, Suzhou-dialect storytelling and ballad singing, and puppet show. The group owns three...
typically sung in Suzhou dialect of Wu Chinese. Suzhou opera originated in Suzhou city, the cultural center of China's Jiangnan area. Suzhou opera is accompanied...