HSK 6 · Education

方言 fāngyán “dialect” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 方言 means

  1. dialect
  2. topolect

How to say 方言

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale方fāng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale言yán2nd tone, rising

方言 in a sentence

  1. 我对方言很感兴趣。

    Wǒ duì fāngyán hěn gǎn xìngqù.

    I’m very interested in dialects.

    Sentence #9987041 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 你认为这是语言还是方言？

    Nǐ rènwéi zhè shì yǔyán háishi fāngyán?

    Do you think this is a language or a dialect?

    Sentence #9991965 from Tatoeba

  3. 严格来说，中文包含几百种方言。

    Yángé lái shuō, Zhōngwén bāohán jǐ bǎi zhǒng fāngyán.

    Strictly speaking, Chinese includes hundreds of dialects.

    Sentence #10192346 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 方言 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 方 (fāng) drawn as one shape
方fāngsquare

方 is a single shape of 4 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

The character 言 (yán) with each of its parts in a different colour
言yánwords
  • 亠lid · tóu
  • 二two · èr
  • 口mouth · kǒu

How to write 方言

方 4 strokes · 言 7 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

方言 (fāngyán) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 方言 (fāngyán). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 方言

Words with 方

北方běifāng · north地方dìfang · place方便fāngbiàn · convenient南方nánfāng · the south西方xīfāng · the West东方dōngfāng · the East方便面fāngbiànmiàn · instant noodles方法fāngfǎ · method方面fāngmiàn · respect方向fāngxiàng · direction

Words with 言

语言yǔyán · language发言fāyán · to make a speech预言yùyán · to predict言论yánlùn · speech谣言yáoyán · rumour序言xùyán · preface寓言yùyán · fable不言而喻bùyán'éryù · self-evident总而言之zǒng'éryánzhī · in short

More words: Education & Learning

背诵bèisòng · to recite (from memory)贬义biǎnyì · negative connotation传授chuánshòu · to teach答辩dábiàn · to defend (a thesis)繁体字fántǐzì · traditional Chinese character简体字jiǎntǐzì · simplified Chinese characters教养jiàoyǎng · upbringing精通jīngtōng · to be proficient in

FAQs

方言 (fāngyán) means “dialect” or “topolect”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it fāngyán: fāng with a 1st tone, then yán with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 方言 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fangyan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 方言 from the suggestions. Typing fangyan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
方言 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.