Fangyan Friday: The Northern Influence on Hangzhou’s Dialect
Learn how to speak like a Hangzhou local
Fangyan Friday: The Tempestuous Tones of Ningbo
Proximity to the sea has influenced the dialect of this Zhejiang port city
Fangyan Friday: The Hybrid Ming Court Dialect of Kunming
'Kunminghua' is a fusion of Ming dynasty official Mandarin and multiple ethnic minority dialects in Yunnan
Fangyan Friday #14: Nankinese
For centuries, Nanjing dialect was considered standard Chinese
Fangyan Friday #12: Hacking Hakka
The dialect of China’s “guest families” is a “living fossil” of ancient Chinese
Fangyan Friday: Viral Speech
New software aims to help medical teams communicate in dialects in the ongoing coronavirus fight
Fangyan Friday #10: Sing-song Shanghaiese
A melodious and hybrid dialect shaped by a city’s storied past
Fangyan Friday Special: Hong Kong English
The other language of this Special Administrative Region
Fangyan Friday #8: Hong Kong Cantonese
English loanwords have changed this language of the Guangfu people and gangster films
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