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方言 Fāngyán

方言 Fāngyán Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 5 English Translations of the word 方言 Fāngyán .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Fāngyán | Fang1 yan2
English translation
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About 方言 Fāngyán

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Traditional form

方言 Fāngyán

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 方言 Fāngyán

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Fāng

Explanation

Origin unclear. Variously explained as a pictograph of a square tool, a part of a knife, or a raft.

Positional decomposition

tóu

Number of Strokes

4
yán

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of a tongue sticking out of a mouth. In old scripts written the same as shé but with an extra line.

Positional decomposition

tóu 二口

Number of Strokes

7

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Example sentences using 方言 Fāngyán

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fēn Sān 方言 Fāngyán : 湘西 Xiāng xī 黔东川黔滇.

Three major dialects: western Hunan , eastern Guizhou , and Sichuan , Guizhou and Yunnan.

伦敦 Lún dūn 方言 Fāngyán shì zài 伦敦 Lún dūn 东区 jiǎng de yǒu 特色 tèsè de 地方 dìfāng .

Cockney is the colourful dialect spoken in the East End of London.

zài 20世纪 shìjì 50年代 niándài 许多 xǔduō 意大利人 Yì dà lì rén 只会 shuì 当地 dāngdì 方言 Fāngyán

In the fifties, many Italians spoke only local dialect.

方言 Fāngyán Decomposition

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方言 Fāngyán Compounds

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  • Fāng
    • fàng
    • fáng
    • páng
      • bàng , bǎng , bàng , bǎng , páng , bàng , bàng , pǎng , bàng , pāng , , páng , bàng , bàng , pǎng , bàng , páng , , , , , , bàng , bàng , , páng
    • Shī
      • shì , , , shī , , , ,
    • xuán
      • xuán , xuán , xuán , xuàn , xuàn , , ,
    • fāng
      • Fāng , ,
      • , , yān , , , , è , , , è ,
    • áo
    • yóu
    • fāng
    • jiǎo
      • , yāo , jiǎo , jiǎo , jiào , , jiǎo , , , , qiào , jiǎo , , , , , qiào , jiǎo , , , ,
    • Fáng , 访 fǎng , 仿 fǎng , , fáng , fáng , fāng , lèng , fǎng , fǎng , léng , jīng , , , , fāng , guó , léng , pèi , mie , zhān , máo , pèi , fǎng , zhào , liú , shāo , fān , kuài , , fǎng , fǎng , bēng , fǎng , fāng , páng , fǎng , fáng , , kūn , , , , , , , , , ,
    • , , , , , , , , , fǎng , , fǎng , , , , ,
  • yán
    • zhān
      • shàn , yán , chán , zhān , dàn , zhān , dān , chān , dàn , chān , , , dān , , , yán , , dǎn , , , zhān , shàn , ,
    • xiè
    • téng
    • hōng
      • , , , ,
    • wān
    • liàn
    • luán
    • luán
      • luán , ,
    • luán
    • xìn , jǐng , shì , , , yàn , , zhè , , yín , yín , , , zhé , jiǎn , yíng , qìng , , shàn , wèi , wèi , chóu , , yáo , , , , , , luán , 孿 luán , luán , , , , , , , , mán , qiú , , , yín , , , , , ,
    • , , , , , biàn , , , biàn , luán , luán
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