方言
Fāng yán
Pinyin

Definition

方言
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fāng yán
  1. topolect
  2. dialect
方言
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Fāng yán
  1. the first Chinese dialect dictionary, edited by Yang Xiong 揚雄|扬雄[Yáng Xióng] in 1st century, containing over 9000 characters

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

地方
dì fāng
  1. 1 region
  2. 2 regional (away from the central administration)
  3. 3 local
官方
guān fāng
  1. 1 government
  2. 2 official (approved or issued by an authority)
对方
duì fāng
  1. 1 counterpart
  2. 2 other person involved
  3. 3 opposite side
  4. 4 other side
  5. 5 receiving party
方
Fāng
  1. 1 surname Fang
方便
fāng biàn
  1. 1 convenient
  2. 2 suitable
  3. 3 to facilitate
  4. 4 to make things easy
  5. 5 having money to spare
  6. 6 (euphemism) to relieve oneself
方向
fāng xiàng
  1. 1 direction
  2. 2 orientation
  3. 3 path to follow
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
方式
fāng shì
  1. 1 way
  2. 2 manner
  3. 3 style
  4. 4 mode
  5. 5 pattern
  6. 6 CL:個|个[gè]
方法
fāng fǎ
  1. 1 method
  2. 2 way
  3. 3 means
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
方面
fāng miàn
  1. 1 respect
  2. 2 aspect
  3. 3 field
  4. 4 side
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè]
东方
Dōng fāng
  1. 1 the East
  2. 2 the Orient
  3. 3 two-character surname Dongfang
箴言
zhēn yán
  1. 1 admonition
  2. 2 exhortation
  3. 3 dictum
  4. 4 the biblical Book of Proverbs
言
yán
  1. 1 words
  2. 2 speech
  3. 3 to say
  4. 4 to talk
语言
yǔ yán
  1. 1 language
  2. 2 CL:門|门[mén],種|种[zhǒng]
一言九鼎
yī yán jiǔ dǐng
  1. 1 one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight
下方
xià fāng
  1. 1 underneath
  2. 2 below
  3. 3 the underside
  4. 4 world of mortals
  5. 5 to descend to the world of mortals (of Gods)
中方
Zhōng fāng
  1. 1 the Chinese side (in an international venture)
代言
dài yán
  1. 1 to be a spokesperson
  2. 2 to be an ambassador (for a brand)
  3. 3 to endorse
代言人
dài yán rén
  1. 1 spokesperson
何方
hé fāng
  1. 1 where?
偏方
piān fāng
  1. 1 folk remedy
  2. 2 home remedy

Idioms (20)

一言一动
yī yán yī dòng
  1. 1 (one's) every word and deed (idiom)
一言一行
yī yán yī xíng
  1. 1 every word and action (idiom)
一言不发
yī yán bù fā
  1. 1 to not say a word (idiom)
一言九鼎
yī yán jiǔ dǐng
  1. 1 one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight
一言以蔽之
yī yán yǐ bì zhī
  1. 1 one word says it all (idiom, from Analects); to cut a long story short
  2. 2 in a nutshell
一言千金
yī yán qiān jīn
  1. 1 one word worth a thousand in gold (idiom); valuable advice
  2. 2 words of enormous weight
一言既出，驷马难追
yī yán jì chū , sì mǎ nán zhuī
  1. 1 lit. once said, a team of horses cannot unsay it (idiom); a promise must be kept
一言为定
yī yán wéi dìng
  1. 1 (idiom) it's a deal
  2. 2 that's settled then
一言为重
yī yán wéi zhòng
  1. 1 each word carries weight
  2. 2 a promise must be kept (idiom)
一言难尽
yī yán nán jìn
  1. 1 hard to explain in a few words (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly
一醉方休
yī zuì fāng xiū
  1. 1 to get thoroughly drunk (idiom)
  2. 2 to get plastered
三言两句
sān yán liǎng jù
  1. 1 in a few words (idiom); expressed succinctly
三言两语
sān yán liǎng yǔ
  1. 1 in a few words (idiom); expressed succinctly
不以人废言
bù yǐ rén fèi yán
  1. 1 not to reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects); to judge on the merits of the case rather than preference between advisers
不以规矩，不能成方圆
bù yǐ guī ju , bù néng chéng fāng yuán
  1. 1 without rules, nothing can be done (idiom, from Mencius); one must follow some rules
不可胜言
bù kě shèng yán
  1. 1 inexpressible (idiom)
  2. 2 beyond description
不可言喻
bù kě yán yù
  1. 1 inexpressible (idiom)
不恤人言
bù xù rén yán
  1. 1 not to worry about the gossip (idiom); to do the right thing regardless of what others say
不听老人言，吃亏在眼前
bù tīng lǎo rén yán , chī kuī zài yǎn qián
  1. 1 (idiom) ignore your elders at your peril
不言不语
bù yán bù yǔ
  1. 1 to not say a word (idiom)
  2. 2 to keep silent

Sample Sentences

怼:这个字的读音为du ǐ，在北方方言中用于表达用手推撞或用语言反驳。在网络中常用怼来反驳对方，带有语言挑衅的意味。
duǐ zhège zì de dúyīn wèi du ǐ ，zài běifāng Fāngyán zhōng yòngyú biǎodá yòng shǒu tuī zhuàng huò yòng yǔyán fǎnbó 。zài Wǎngluò zhōng chángyòng duǐ lái fǎnbó duìfāng ，dàiyǒu yǔyán tiǎoxìn de yìwèi 。
怼: The pronunciation "duǐ" is used in the northern dialect to express "a nudge or a push "or "to rebut with language". On the web, "怼" is often used to refute the other party, with a hint of provocation.
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可能是方言。
kěnéng shì fāngyán 。
It might be a local dialect.
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在北方方言里面，"2"就是傻的意思。
zài běifāng fāngyán lǐmiàn ，"èr "jiùshì shǎ de yìsi 。
In northern dialects, "two" means stupid.
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你不知道当地的方言的话，你怎么跟当地人交流？
nǐ bù zhīdào dāngdì de fāngyán dehuà ，nǐ zěnme gēn dāngdì rén jiāoliú ？
If you don't know the local dialect, how can you communicate with the locals?
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真麻烦。跟方言似的。那你怎么学？
zhēn máfan 。gēn fāngyán shìde 。nà nǐ zěnme xué ？
What a pain. It's like dialects. How are you studying it then?
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是用方言唱的。
shì yòng fāngyán chàng de 。
It's sung in a dialect.
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哈哈，只会这一句。你们那边的方言太难了。
hāhā ，zhǐ huì zhè yī jù 。nǐmen nàbiān de fāngyán tài nán le 。
Hah-hah. I can only sing one line. Your people's dialect is too difficult.
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不过中文博大精深，再加上各地方言和文化的因素，一些国外品牌的中文名字在中国明显水土不服。
bùguò Zhōngwén bódàjīngshēn ，zài jiāshang gèdì fāngyán hé wénhuà de yīnsù ，yīxiē guówài pǐnpái de Zhōngwén míngzi zài Zhōngguó míngxiǎn shuǐtǔbùfú 。
But Chinese is very profound. When you add in the different dialects and cultural factors, some foreign goods' Chinese names are really out of place in China.
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嗲。
dǐa 。
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