Chinese language variety
C7052
concept
A Chinese language variety is a distinct, historically rooted form of the Chinese language—such as Mandarin, Cantonese, or Shanghainese—characterized by its own phonology, vocabulary, and grammar, and often mutually unintelligible with other such forms.
All labels observed (20)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chinese language variety canonical | 48 |
| Chinese dialect | 28 |
| variety of Hakka Chinese | 8 |
| variety of Chinese | 6 |
| variety of Xiang Chinese | 6 |
| Hakka Chinese variety | 4 |
| Chinese variety | 3 |
| Sinitic language group | 3 |
| Wu Chinese dialect | 3 |
| variety of Wu Chinese | 3 |
| Chinese language | 2 |
| Yue Chinese variety | 2 |
| regional variety of Min Chinese | 2 |
| regional variety of Wu Chinese | 2 |
| 汉语变体 | 2 |
| Chinese language group | 1 |
| Sinitic world minority language | 1 |
| regional variety of Hakka Chinese | 1 |
| variety of Middle Chinese | 1 |
| 汉语方言 | 1 |
Instances (116)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Hangzhouhua | Chinese dialect |
| Ningbo dialect | Wu Chinese dialect |
| Ningbohua | — |
| Taiwanese Hokkien | — |
| Taishanese | Yue Chinese variety |
| Yue Chinese | — |
| Shanghainese | Wu Chinese dialect |
| Hailu Hakka | regional variety of Hakka Chinese |
| Taiwanese Hakka | variety of Hakka Chinese |
| Mandarin Chinese | variety of Chinese |
| Gan Chinese | — |
| Jin Chinese | — |
| Hong Kong Hakka | variety of Hakka Chinese |
| Pinghua | — |
| Wuhua Hakka | variety of Hakka Chinese |
| Ganxian Hakka | variety of Hakka Chinese |
| Heyuan Hakka | Hakka Chinese variety |
| Jiaoling Hakka | variety of Hakka Chinese |
| Longchuan Hakka | Hakka Chinese variety |
| Meixian Hakka | variety of Hakka Chinese |
| Southern Min | — |
| Chaoshan dialect | Chinese dialect |
| Chaoshan Min | — |
| 湘语 | 汉语方言 |
| New Xiang | Chinese dialect |
| Old Xiang | variety of Xiang Chinese |
| Chang-Yi dialect group | variety of Xiang Chinese |
| Hengzhou dialect group | variety of Xiang Chinese |
| Chen-Xu dialect group | variety of Xiang Chinese |
| Yong-Quan dialect group | variety of Xiang Chinese |
| Quanzhou dialect | — |
| Medan Hokkien | — |
| Hainanese language | — |
| Minnan language | — |
| Zhangzhou dialect | — |
| Penang Hokkien | — |
| Cantonese | — |
| Northeastern Mandarin | variety of Chinese |
| Ningbonese | Chinese variety |
| Wenzhounese | variety of Wu Chinese |
| Hangzhounese | variety of Wu Chinese |
| Hakka | Chinese language |
| Southwestern Mandarin | — |
| Teochew | — |
| Shexian dialect | Chinese dialect |
| Taizhou Wu | Chinese dialect |
| Wuzhou Wu | Chinese dialect |
| Oujiang Wu | — |
| Hokkien | — |
| Xiang Chinese | — |