方言

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方言 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
方言 (Cantonese)
Huŏng-ngiòng (Eastern Min)
Hong-giân (Southern Min)
方言 (Wu)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fāngyán

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄤㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): fong¹ jin⁴

(Taishan, Wiktionary): fong¹ ngun³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): fông-ngièn / fông-ngiàn

(Hailu, HRS): fong^ˋ ngien

(Meixian, Guangdong): fong¹ ngian²
Eastern Min (BUC): huŏng-ngiòng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hong-giân / hong-gân

(Teochew, Peng'im): huang¹ ngang⁵
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ¹faon-yi₆ / ¹faon-ye₂

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fāngyán
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄤㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fangyán
  - Wade–Giles: fang¹-yen²
  - Yale: fāng-yán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fangyan
  - Palladius: фанъянь (fanʺjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ⁵⁵ jɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: fong¹ jin⁴
  - Yale: fōng yìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fong¹ jin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: fong¹ yin⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ⁵⁵ jiːn²¹/
  - Homophones:
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    謊言 / 谎言
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: fong¹ ngun³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔŋ³³ ᵑɡun²²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fông-ngièn
  - Hakka Romanization System: fong^ˊ ngien^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fong¹ ngian²
  - Sinological IPA: /foŋ²⁴ ŋi̯en¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fông-ngiàn
  - Hakka Romanization System: fong^ˊ ngian^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fong¹ ngian²
  - Sinological IPA: /foŋ²⁴ ŋi̯an¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: fong^ˋ ngien
  - Sinological IPA: /foŋ⁵³ ŋien⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: fong¹ ngian²
  - Sinological IPA: /fɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³⁵ ŋian¹¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: huŏng-ngiòng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /huoŋ⁵⁵ ŋyoŋ⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hong-giân
  - Tâi-lô: hong-giân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: honggieen
  - IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡiɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡiɛn²³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /hɔŋ³³ ɡiɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ɡiɛn²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hong-gân
  - Tâi-lô: hong-gân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: honggaan
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ɡan¹³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: huang¹ ngang⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huang ngâng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /huaŋ³³⁻²³ ŋaŋ⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹faon-yi₆
  - MiniDict: faon^平 yi^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹faan-hhi₃
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /fɑ̃⁵⁵ ɦi²¹/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ¹faon-ye₂
  - MiniDict: faon^平 yie^平
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /fɑ̃⁴⁴ ɦɪ/

Middle Chinese: pjang ngjon

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Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*C-paŋ ŋa[n]/

(Zhengzhang): /*paŋ ŋan/

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Noun

方言

(linguistics) dialect; topolect; regional language variety
天津方言 ― Tiānjīn fāngyán ― Tianjin dialect (a dialect of Mandarin Chinese)

廣州方言／广州方言 ― Guǎngzhōu fāngyán ― Guangzhou Cantonese

方言詞彙／方言词汇 ― fāngyán cíhuì ― dialectal vocabulary

德語方言／德语方言 ― Déyǔ fāngyán ― German dialects

《方言集釋》／《方言集释》 ― “Fāngyán Jíshì” ― Collection and Explanation of Regional Tongues (Korean Joseon-era compilation of Chinese, Korean, Mongolian, Manchu, and Japanese)
(specifically) non-Standard Mandarin variety of Chinese (such as dialectal Mandarin, Cantonese, Min Nan, etc.)
他在家說方言，在學校說普通話。 [MSC, trad.]
他在家说方言，在学校说普通话。 [MSC, simp.]
Tā zài jiā shuō fāngyán, zài xuéxiào shuō pǔtōnghuà. [Pinyin]
He speaks the local dialect at home and Standard Mandarin at school.
(religion) tongues
方言的恩賜／方言的恩赐 ― fāngyán de ēncì ― the gift of tongues

說方言／说方言 ― shuō fāngyán ― to speak in tongues

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “dialect”): (historical) 雅言 (yǎyán)

Derived terms

地區方言 / 地区方言
方言地圖 / 方言地图
方言字 (fāngyánzì)
方言學 / 方言学 (fāngyánxué)
方言島 / 方言岛 (fāngyándǎo)
方言志
方言連續體 / 方言连续体 (fāngyán liánxùtǐ)
方言點 / 方言点 (fāngyándiǎn)
社會方言 / 社会方言 (shèhuì fāngyán)
視覺方言 / 视觉方言 (shìjué fāngyán)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (方言):

→ Japanese: 方言(ほうげん) (hōgen)
→ Korean: 방언(方言) (bang'eon)
→ Vietnamese: phương ngôn (方言)

Proper noun

方言

Fangyan (the first Chinese dictionary of dialectal terms, written by Han dynasty scholar Yang Xiong)

Verb

方言

(literary) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 方,‎ 言 (yán): to open one's mouth to speak after a period of silence

Rime
Character	方	言
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	陽 (106)	元 (65)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	府良切	語軒切
Baxter	pjang	ngjon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʉɐŋ/	/ŋɨɐn/
Pan Wuyun	/pʷiɐŋ/	/ŋiɐn/
Shao Rongfen	/piuɑŋ/	/ŋiɐn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/puaŋ/	/ŋɨan/
Li Rong	/piuaŋ/	/ŋiɐn/
Wang Li	/pĭwaŋ/	/ŋĭɐn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/piwaŋ/	/ŋɨ̯ɐn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fāng	yán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fong¹	jin⁴

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	方	言
Reading #	1/3	3/4
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	fāng	yán
Middle Chinese	‹ pjang ›	‹ ngjon ›
Old Chinese	/*C-paŋ/	/*ŋa[n]/
English	square	speak; speech
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	方	言
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	3023	14271
Phonetic component	方	言
Rime group	陽	元
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	方	言
Old Chinese	/*paŋ/	/*ŋan/
Notes	甲金文象槳即榜初文，下初爲單筆，猶旂左初亦作單杆

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