Pronunciation [dʒy tɕiɯ ʔuɑ] | Glottolog chuz1238 | |
Native to People's Republic of China Native speakers approx. 2 million (date missing) Language family Sino-TibetanChineseWuChuquQuzhou dialect | ||
Quzhou dialect (衢州話; pronounced [dʒytɕiɯʔuɑ] in Quzhou dialect) is a dialect of Wu Chinese spoken in Quzhou.
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Finals
There are at least the following finals: 姆 [m], 魚 [ŋ], 爾 [ɫ], 試 [ʐ]
水 [ɥ], 去 [i], 布 [u], 雨 [y]
家 [ɑ], 謝 [iɑ], 瓜 [uɑ]
菜 [e̞], 快 [ue̞]
走 [ɘɪ], 會 [uɘɪ]
包 [ɔ], 表 [iɔ]
勾 [ɤ], 九 [iɯ]
南 [ə], 官 [uə], 捐 [yə]
變 [ie]
三 [æ], 慣 [uæ]
本 [ən], 金 [iɲ], 昏 [uən], 運 [yɲ]
打 [ã], 兩 [iã], 昌 [uã]
方 [ɒ̃], 旺 [iɒ̃], 光 [uɒ̃]
公 [oŋ], 窘 [ioŋ]
六 [əʔ], 业 [iɘʔ], 國 [uəʔ], 肉 [yəʔ]
脱 [ənʔ], 衢 [ɥ]
白 [ɐ̞ʔ] -aq, 弱 [iɐ̞ʔ], 划 [uɐ̞ʔ]
Tones
Quzhou dialect is considered to have seven tones. However, since the tone split dating from Middle Chinese still depends on the voicing of the initial consonant, these constitute just three phonemic tones: ping, shang, and qu. (Ru syllables are phonemically toneless.)
Yin Ping 陰平 [˦] 江天飛空
Yang Ping 陽平 [˩˩˨] 來同魚頭
(Yin) Shang 陰上 [˧˦] 懂紙古口
Yang Qu 陽去 [˧˩] 外地路道
Yin Qu 陰去 [˥˨] 對去馬你
Yang Ru 陽入 [˩˨̚] 六肉白石
Yin Ru 陰入 [˥̚] 各黑出脫
Sentence Structure
[ni ŋu kəʔ põjɤ ue]
Literal meaning:(2nd person singular) (1st person singular) (genitive) (friend) (particle)
Meaning: You are my friend. Compare with Japanese: "あなたは私の友達だよ.", or "anata wa watashi no tomodachi dayo"。In this case, "啘", resembles Japanese "だよ".
[ɡi ɳi lɔsʐ ue, iɔ tseɳd͡ʒõ niŋkɒ
Literal meaning:(3rd person singular) (2nd person singular) (teacher) (particle), (have) (respect) (other)
Meaning: He is your teacher, and you have to respect him.
[kæpiəʔ t͡ʃiɒ t͡sʐ ŋu xɔfɐ̞ʔ]
Literal meaning: (pencil) (borrow) (measure word for pencil) (1st person singular) (interrogative)
Meaning: Can I borrow a pencil?
[væ t͡se t͡ɕʰiəʔ uə tʰie, tu t͡ɕʰiəʔ ʃin o]
Literal meaning: (rice/meal) (again) (eat) (bowl) (particle?), (more) (eat) (more+) (particle)
Meaning: If you want to eat more, then eat more if you'd like.
[kəmɔjɐ̞ʔ t͡ɕʰiəʔləʔ vən ɳi, fiɔ t͡ɕʰifəʔt͡ʃɐ̞ʔ tɔ le]
Literal meaning: (cold medicine) (taking/eating) (interrogative) (2nd person singular), (negative) (verb-remember/negative) (particle) (imperative)
Meaning: Have you taken your cold medicine yet? Don't forget to take it!