mandarin dialect in a sentence
Examples
- Some Mandarin dialects, especially ones farther south, still possess the glottal stops while some Wu dialects have entirely lost them.
- A hint of non-standard pronunciation was also given, by marking final stops and initial voicing and non-palatalization in non-Mandarin dialects.
- Because most Mandarin dialects are found in the north, the group is sometimes referred to as the "'Northern dialects "'( ).
- Most Yue dialects have merged the Middle Chinese alveolar sibilants, in contrast with Mandarin dialects, which have generally maintained the distinction.
- These atonal syllables also occur in non-Mandarin dialects, but in many southern dialects the tones of all syllables are made clear.
- In 1917, this was merged with the School of Oriental Studies, where the Mandarin dialect was taught in the Far Eastern Department.
- Fluent in the Cantonese and Mandarin dialects, Lee says the Chinese characters for business mean " live " and " intent ."
- He teases her about her efforts to speak with a Mandarin dialect, rather than their preferred Shanghai dialect, so Pine can translate.
- Chinese speakers commonly stereotype the Tianjin dialect as aggressive-or confrontational-sounding, though it is not difficult for speakers of other Mandarin dialects to understand.
- The Mandarin dialects in particular have experienced a dramatic decrease in sounds and so have far more multisyllabic words than most other spoken varieties.