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[online] Let's learn some words in languages/dialects beyond "Standard Chinese"

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[online] Let's learn some words in languages/dialects beyond "Standard Chinese"

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Although it's not absolutely necessary, things will probably be more enjoyable if you are already at least reasonably conversant in "Standard Chinese" (Pǔtōnghuà) and/or one other Chinese language variety/dialect. Descriptions/explanations will often be in Mandarin (or Cantonese).

historical overview of 语系/"language families" or 方言/"topolects"
comparisons/"warm-up": 东北,四川,客家,上海,广东

"Beijinghua" (北京话)
"Dongbeihua" (东北话)
"Sichuanese" (四川话重庆话)

"Shanghainese" (上海话)
"Wenzhounese" (温州话); 浙江温州
"Hokkien" (福建话/闽南话) "Taiwanese"

"Teochew" (潮汕话)
"Hakka" (客家话)
"Cantonese" (广东话/广州话); 用HK粤语

basic phrases (Zh, Gz, Ha)
words (Zh, Ch, Gz, Ho)
words+expressions (Zh, Lz, Ch, Gz, Sh, Ha)

expressions (Zh, Ch, Db, Gz, Sh, Wz)
expressions (Zh, Ch, Db, Gz, Sh, Ha)

NBA player names (Zh)
animals (Zh, Gz)
football (soccer) players (Zh, Gz)

Canto for a day (Gz)

body parts (Zh, Gz, Jx)
clothing (Zh, Gz, Jx)
countries (Zh, Gz)

general Q&A (Zh, Gz, Jx)

sentences (Zh, Gz, Ha)

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