Wuxi dialect

Dialect of Wu Chinese

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Wuxi

無錫話
Native to| People's Republic of China
Region| Wuxi, Jiangsu province

Language family

Sino-Tibetan

* Sinitic
* Chinese
* Wu
* Taihu
* Su–Jia–Hu
* Wuxi

Language codes
ISO 639-3| –

Linguist List

| `wuu-wux`
Glottolog| `wuxi1234`
Wuxi dialect

Simplified Chinese| 无锡话
Traditional Chinese| 無錫話
| Transcriptions

Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin| wu/ xi- hua\

Romanization| mu1 sik1 wo3
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping| mou sek wa
Reading “Lang Tao Sha Ling” by Li Yu in Wuxinese

The Wuxi dialect (Simplified Chinese: 无锡话; Traditional Chinese: 無錫話; Pinyin: Wúxīhuà, Wu: mu1 sik1 wo3, Wuxi dialect: [vu˨˨˧ siɪʔ˦ ɦu˨]) is a dialect of Wu. It is spoken in the city of Wuxi in Jiangsu province, China.

It has many similarities with Shanghainese and the Suzhou dialect. It is mutually intelligible with the Changzhou dialect to which it is most closely related.[citation needed] It is not at all mutually intelligible with Mandarin, China's official language.

## Phonology

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### Initials

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[1] | Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal

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Nasal | m | n |  | ɲ | ŋ |
Plosive/

Affricate

| voiceless | p | t | ts | tɕ | k | ʔ
aspirated | pʰ | tʰ | tsʰ | tɕʰ | kʰ |
slack voice | b | d | dz | dʑ | g |
Fricative | voiceless | f |  | s | ɕ | x | h
slack voice | v |  |  |  |  | ɦ
Lateral |  | l |  |  |  |

### Finals

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### Tones

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Tones  | Middle Chinese tone

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píng 平 | shǎng 上 | qù 去 | rù 入
yīn 陰 | ˥˧ (53) | ˧˥ (35) | ˦ (44) | ʔ˥ (55)
yáng 陽 | ˨˦ (24)  | ˨˩˧ (213)  | ʔ˩˨ (12)

## References

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1. ^ Chao 1976, p. 49.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wuxi dialect.

* Television hosts discuss differences between Wuxi and Suzhou dialects (YouTube)

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Sino-Tibetan branches

Western Himalayas (Himachal,
Uttarakhand, Nepal, Sikkim)|

* West Himalayish
* Tamangic
* Newaric
* Newar
* Baram–Thangmi
* Kiranti
* Dhimalish
* Dhimal
* Toto
* Lhokpu
* Lepcha

| Greater Magaric|

* Magaric
* Magar
* Kham
* Chepangic
* Chepang
* Bhujel
* Raji–Raute
* Dura–Tandrange

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Eastern Himalayas
(Tibet, Bhutan, Arunachal)|

* Bodish
* Tibetic
* East Bodish
* Tshangla
* Basum
* Nam?
* Gongduk
* ʼOle
* Tani
* Chamdo

Myanmar and Indo-
Burmese border|

* Karbi
* Kuki-Chin
* Mruic
* Mru
* Hkongso
* Pyu
* Taman

| Naga|

* Ao
* Angami–Pochuri
* Meitei
* Tangkhulic
* Zeme

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Sal|

* Boro–Garo
* Konyak
* Jingpho–Luish

East and Southeast Asia|

* Sinitic
* Bai
* Tujia
* Nungish
* Karenic
* Gong
* Kathu
* Cai–Long
* Caijia
* Longjia–Luren

| Burmo-Qiangic|

* Qiangic
* Gyalrongic
* Ersuic
* Naic
* Lolo-Burmese
* Mondzish
* Burmish
* Loloish

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Dubious (possible
isolates, Arunachal)|

* Hrusish
* Hruso
* Mijiic
* Kho-Bwa
* Puroik
* Miju–Meyor
* Songlin

| Greater Siangic|

* Siangic
* Koro
* Milang
* Idu–Taraon

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Proposed groupings|

* Central Tibeto-Burman
* Kuki-Chin–Naga
* Macro-Bai
* Mahakiranti
* Rung
* Tibeto-Burman
* Tibeto-Kanauri

Proto-languages|

* Proto-Sino-Tibetan
* Proto-Tibeto-Burman
* Proto-Loloish
* Proto-Karenic
* Proto-Min
* Proto-Hakka

Italics indicates single languages that are also considered to be separate branches.

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Chinese language

Sinitic languages

Major linguistic groups

| Mandarin|

| Northeastern|

* Changchun
* Harbin
* Shenyang
* Taz

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Beijing|

* Beijing
* Taiwan

Jilu|

* Tianjin
* Jinan

Jiaoliao|

* Dalian
* Qingdao
* Weihai

Central Plains|

* Dongping
* Gangou
* Guanzhong
* Xi'an
* Luoyang
* Xuzhou
* Dungan
* Xinjiang

Southwestern|

* Sichuanese
* Chengdu–Chongqing
* (?) Minjiang
* Leshan
* Renshou–Fushun [zh]
* Zigong
* Kunming
* Nanping
* Wuhan
* Gui–Liu
* Wuming

Jianghuai|

* Nanjing
* Nantong
* Nanping

Lanyin|

* Lanzhou dialect [zh]
* Ürümqi dialect [zh]
* Xinjiang

Other|

* Junjiahua
* Qinjiang
* Gyami

Jin|

* Zhangjiakou–Hohhot
* Zhi–Yan

Wu|

| Taihu|

* Shanghai
* Suzhou
* Wuxi
* Changzhou
* (?) Hangzhou
* Shaoxing
* Ningbo
* Jinxiang
* Jiangyin
* Shadi

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Taizhou Wu|

* Taizhou
* Tiantai

Oujiang|

* Wenzhou
* Rui'an
* Wencheng

Wuzhou|

* Jinhua

Chu–Qu|

* Quzhou
* Jiangshan
* Qingtian

Xuanzhou|

* Xuancheng

Huizhou|

* Ji-She [zh]
* Xiu-Yi [zh]
* Qi-De [zh]
* Yanzhou [zh]
* Jing-Zhan [zh]

Gan|

* Chang–Du
* Nanchang
* Yi–Liu
* Ying–Yi
* Da–Tong

Xiang|

* Changyi
* Changsha
* Loushao
* Shuangfeng
* Xiangxiang
* Wugang
* Ji–Xu
* Yong–Quan
* Qiyang

Min|

| Eastern|

| Houguan [zh]|

* Fuzhou
* Fuqing
* Changle
* Gutian
* Matsu

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Fu–Ning [zh]|

* Ningde
* Fu'an

Other|

* Manjiang
* Zhongshan
* Longdu
* Nanlang

Pu–Xian|

* Putian
* Xianyou

Southern|

| Hokkien|

* Quanzhou
* Zhangzhou
* Amoy
* Chawan
* Taiwan
* Philippines
* Penang
* Medan
* Singapore
* Southern Malaysia

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Teochew|

* Swatow
* Haklau
* Pontianak

Zhongshan|

* Sanxiang

Other|

* Zhenan
* Longyan

Leizhou|

* Zhanjiang

Hainan|

* Wenchang
* Haikou
* Banqiao

Inland|

* Northern
* Jian'ou
* Jianyang
* Central
* Shao–Jiang

Hakka|

* Huiyang [zh]
* Changting
* Meixian
* Pontianak
* Singkawang
* Taiwan
* Sixian
* Hailu
* Raoping
* Tingzhou
* Wuhua

Yue|

| Yuehai|

* Guangzhou
* Hong Kong
* Malaysia
* Xiguan
* Jiujiang
* Shiqi
* Weitou
* Dapeng

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Siyi|

* Taishan
* Xinhui [zh]

Other|

* Gao–Yang
* Goulou
* Wu–Hua
* Yong–Xun
* Luo–Guang
* Qin–Lian

Pinghua|

* Northern Pinghua
* Tongdao
* Younian
* Southern Pinghua
* Yongjiang
* Guandao
* Rongjiang

Unclassified|

* Shaozhou Tuhua
* Xiangnan Tuhua
* Danzhou
* Badong Yao
* Shehua
* Waxiang
* Yeheni
* Huizhou
* Mai
* Laobeizi

(?) Macro-Bai|

* Bai
* Cai-Long
* Caijia
* Longjia
* Luren

Standard forms of Chinese

| Mandarin
(Standard Chinese)|

* Sichuanese
* Taiwanese
* Philippine
* Malaysian
* Singaporean
* Standard

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Other varieties|

* Cantonese
* Hokkien
* Hakka

History, phonology, and grammar

| History|

* Old Chinese
* Eastern Han
* Middle Chinese
* Old Mandarin
* Middle Mandarin
* Proto-Min
* Proto-Hakka
* Ba–Shu
* Gan

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Phonology|

* Historical
* Old
* Old National
* Cantonese
* Hokkien
* Northern Wu
* Mandarin
* Literary and colloquial readings

Grammar|

* Numerals
* Classifiers
* Honorifics
* Cantonese grammar
* Classical grammar

Idioms|

* Chengyu
* Xiehouyu

Written Chinese and input methods

| Literary forms|

| Official|

* Classical
* Adoption
* in Japan
* in Vietnam
* Vernacular

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* Written Cantonese
* Written Dungan
* Written Hokkien
* Written Sichuanese

Scripts|

| Logographic|

| Script styles|

* Oracle bone
* Bronze
* Seal
* Clerical
* Semi-cursive
* Cursive

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* Chinese characters
* Simplified
* Traditional
* Punctuation

Braille|

* Cantonese
* Mainland Chinese
* Taiwanese
* Two-cell

Phonetic|

* Romanization
* Gwoyeu Romatzyh
* Hanyu Pinyin
* MPS II
* Postal
* Tongyong Pinyin
* Wade–Giles
* EFEO
* Lessing-Othmer
* Yale
* Cyrillization
* Dungan Cyrillic
* Bopomofo
* Cantonese Bopomofo
* Taiwanese Phonetic Symbols
* Taiwanese kana
* Taiwanese Hangul
* Xiao'erjing
* Nüshu

Input methods|

| Logographic|

* Biaoxingma
* Boshiamy [zh]
* Cangjie
* Simplified
* CKC
* Dayi
* Stroke count
* Wubi (Wang Ma)
* ZhengMa
* Q9

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Pinyin|

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Wuxi

Administrative divisions|

* Liangxi, Wuxi
* Xishan, Wuxi
* Huishan, Wuxi
* Binhu, Wuxi
* Xinwu, Wuxi
* Jiangyin
* Yixing

Attraction|

* Lake Tai
* Yuantouzhu
* Lihu Park
* Grand Buddha at Ling Shan
* Huishan National Forest Park
* Xihui Park
* Second Spring under Heaven
* Jichang Garden
* Wuxi Museum
* Guoshan Stele
* Liyuan
* The Plum Garden
* Wuxi Christian Church
* Chongshan Temple
* Saint Joseph's Church, Wuxi
* Changshu Christian Church

Culture|

* Wu (state)
* Wuxi dialect
* Donglin movement
* Donglin Academy
* Grand Canal
* China Wu Culture Expo Park
* Wuxi Daily
* Huishan clay figurine
* Wuxi Grand Theatre
* Wuxi opera
* Yixing clay teapot
* Number One Yixing Factory

Food|

* Wuxi fried spare ribs
* Yangshan honey peach [zh]

Education|

* Jiangnan University
* Wuxi Institute of Technology
* Jiangyin Senior High School
* Xishan Senior High School
* Wuxi Big Bridge Experimental High School
* Wuxi No. 1 High School

Transportation|

* Wuxi railway station
* Shanghai–Nanjing intercity railway
* Huishan railway station
* Wuxi Xinqu railway station
* Wuxi Metro
* Wuxi Shuofang Airport
* Port of Jiangyin

Sport|

* Wuxi Sports Center
* 2019 World Cup (snooker)
* Wuxi Wugo F.C.
* Jiangsu Football City League

Science|

* Wuxi Software Park
* Wuxi IoT Innovation Park
* China Ship Scientific Research Center
* China IoT Research and Development Center
* China (Wuxi) University Tech Park of Sensing Network
* Wuxi International Life Sciences Innovation Park
* China Resources Microelectronics
* China Wind Systems
* China Zirconium Limited
* Maxscend Microelectronics
* WuXi Biologics
* Yadea

Business|

* Suntech Power
* Jetion Holdings
* WuXi AppTec
* Wuxi IFS
* Suning Plaza, Wuxi
* Longxi International Hotel
* Wuxi Maoye City – Marriott Hotel
* HLA Group
* FAW Bus and Coach
* Springland

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