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Fangyan Friday: The Northern Influence on Hangzhou’s Dialect

Learn how to speak like a Hangzhou local

By Ningyi Xi (席宁忆)   January 14, 2022
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Fangyan Friday: The Tempestuous Tones of Ningbo

Proximity to the sea has influenced the dialect of this Zhejiang port city

By Wang Lin (王琳)   October 1, 2021
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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

By Anson Zong-Liscum (安森)   July 30, 2021
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Fangyan Friday #14: Nankinese

For centuries, Nanjing dialect was considered standard Chinese

By Aaron Hsueh   July 3, 2020
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Fangyan Friday #12: Hacking Hakka

The dialect of China’s “guest families” is a “living fossil” of ancient Chinese

By William Tanza   April 24, 2020
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Fangyan Friday: Viral Speech

New software aims to help medical teams communicate in dialects in the ongoing coronavirus fight

By Yang Tingting (杨婷婷)   February 21, 2020
LANGUAGE

Fangyan Friday: Wherefore ‘Er’ Thou?

A guide to the tricky sound that defines Beijing

By Jessily Crispyn   September 20, 2019
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Fangyan Friday #10: Sing-song Shanghaiese

A melodious and hybrid dialect shaped by a city’s storied past

By Tina Xu (徐盈盈)   September 6, 2019
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Fangyan Friday Special: Hong Kong English

The other language of this Special Administrative Region

By Jessica Zhang & Crystal Leung   July 5, 2019
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Fangyan Friday #8: Hong Kong Cantonese

English loanwords have changed this language of the Guangfu people and gangster films

By Jessica Zhang & Crystal Leung   June 28, 2019