"dialect" in Chinese (Simplified)

方言

Definition

方言是指某个地区或群体使用的语言变体，在词汇、语法或发音方面与标准语言有所不同。

在语言学中常用。'方言'通常比'口音'含义更广，指语法和词汇也不同。部分地区对'方言'这个词有敏感或贬义成分，使用时需注意场合。

People in the north speak a different dialect.

北方人说不同的**方言**。

My grandmother only speaks our local dialect.

我奶奶只会说我们本地的**方言**。

Each island has its own unique dialect.

每个岛屿都有自己独特的**方言**。

Sometimes it's hard to understand that dialect if you didn't grow up there.

如果你不是在那里长大的，有时很难听懂那个**方言**。

"Is that a new language?" "No, it's just a regional dialect."

“那是新语言吗？” “不是，只是地方**方言**。”

He switched to his hometown dialect as soon as he saw his friends.

他一见到朋友就切换成家乡的**方言**。