The form of Mandarin Chinese spoken in Peking (now Beijing).

The variety of Chinese spoken by the Hakka people.

The southern Fujian (Hokkien) dialect of Chinese spoken by the people of Amoy (Xiamen).

The dialect of Canton.

The dialect of Yunnan.

The language of the Tonkinese.

The Chinese dialect spoken in the Jiangxi province and in south-eastern areas of Hubei province. Also attributive or as adj.

The dialect of Szechuan.

The dialect of Hunan.

The Min group of Chinese dialects; (also) any of these.

A Chinese dialect spoken in parts of the provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi. Frequently attributive.

(A member of) a people of the Swatow district of Kwangtung in southern China; the dialect spoken by this people. Also attributive.

The Chinese dialect of the Wu group spoken in Shanghai; a native or inhabitant of Shanghai (also collective). Also attributive or as adj.

The name of an area made up of four countries in the south of Guangdong Province in China (see quot. 1973) used attributively and absol. to…

Used attributively of a group of Chinese dialects spoken in Shanghai, the south of Jiangsu province, and most parts of Zhejiang province, China. Also…