Quzhou dialect

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Quzhou dialect
衢州話
Pronunciation[dʒy tɕiɯ ɦuɑ]
Native toPeople's Republic of China
RegionQuzhou prefecture, Zhejiang
Sino-Tibetan
  • Chuqu
    • Quzhou dialect
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottologchuz1238
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The Quzhou dialect (衢州話; pronounced Wu Chinese pronunciation: [d̥͡ʒ̊y.tɕiɯ.ɦuɑ][missing tone] in the Quzhou dialect) is a dialect of Wu Chinese spoken in Quzhou, China.

Phonology

Initials

  Labial Dental Palatal Postalveolar Velar Glottal
Nasal
m
n
ɲ ŋ  
Plosive
tenuis p
t
k ʔ
aspirated
 
slack voice
ɡ̊
 
Affricate
tenuis ts
aspirated
tsʰ tɕʰ tʃʰ  
slack voice
d̥z̥
d̥ʑ̊
d̥ʒ̊
 
Fricative
tenuis f s ɕ ʃ x
slack voice
ʑ̊
ʒ̊
ɣ̊
Approximant
l
(j) 移 (w) 吳 ɦ

Finals

Medial Nucleus
ɑ ɘɪ ɔ ɤ ə æ ən ã ɒ̃ əʔ ənʔ ɐ̞ʔ liquid
[ʐ] [ɑ] [] [ɘɪ] [ɔ] [ɤ] [ə] [æ] [ən] [ã] [ɒ̃] [oŋ] [əʔ] [ənʔ] [ɐ̞ʔ] [
ɫ
]
i [i] [iɑ] [ie] [iɔ] [iɯ] [iɲ] [iã] [iɒ̃] [ioŋ] [iɘʔ] [iɐ̞ʔ] [m]
u [u] [uɑ] [ue̞] [uɘɪ] [uə] [uæ] [uən] [uã] [uɒ̃] [uəʔ] [uɐ̞ʔ] [ŋ]
y [y] [yə] [yɲ] [yəʔ] 水衢 [ɥ]

Tones

The Quzhou dialect is considered to have seven tones. However, since the tone split from Middle Chinese, characters still depend on the voicing of the initial consonant. These constitute just three phonemic tones:

ping, shang, and qu.
(Ru syllables are phonemically toneless.)

Tone chart of Quzhou dialect
Number Tone name Tone contour Examples
1 陰平 yīn píng [˦] (44) 江天飛空
2 陽平 yáng píng [˩˩˨] (112) 來同魚頭
3 陰上 yīn shàng [˧˦] (34) 懂紙古口
4 陽去 yáng qù [˧˩] (31) 外地路道
5 陰去 yīn qù [˥˨] (52) 對去馬你
6 陰入 yīn rù [˩˨̚] (12) 六肉白石
7 陽入 yáng rù [˥̚] (5) 各黑出脫

Grammar

Sentence structure

ni

2SG

ŋu

1SG

kəʔ

GEN

朋友

põ.jɤ

friend

啘。

ue

PTCL

你 我 個 朋友 啘。

ni ŋu kəʔ põ.jɤ ue

2SG 1SG GEN friend PTCL

You are my friend

The first example can be compared with Japanese: あなたは私の友達だよ。(anata wa watashi no tomodachi dayo.) Here, 啘 resembles Japanese だよ (dayo).

渠(其)

ɡ̊i

3SG

ɲi

2SG

老師

lɔ.sʐ

teacher

啘,

ue,

PTCL,

have

尊重

t͡seɲ.d̥͡ʒ̊õ

respect

人家。

niŋ.kɒ

other

渠(其) 你 老師 啘, 要 尊重 人家。

ɡ̊i ɲi lɔ.sʐ ue, iɔ t͡seɲ.d̥͡ʒ̊õ niŋ.kɒ

3SG 2SG teacher PTCL, have respect other

He/she is your teacher, and you have to respect him/her.

鉛筆

kæ.piəʔ

pencil

t͡ʃiɒ

borrow

t͡sʐ

CL

ŋu

1SG

好伐?

xɔ.fɐ̞ʔ

INTERR

鉛筆 借 支 我 好伐?

kæ.piəʔ t͡ʃiɒ t͡sʐ ŋu xɔ.fɐ̞ʔ

pencil borrow CL 1SG INTERR

Can I borrow a pencil?

v̥æ

rice/meal

t͡se

again

t͡ɕʰiəʔ

eat

bowl

添,

tʰie,

PTCL?

tu

more

t͡ɕʰiəʔ

eat

些兒

ʃin

more+

啊。

o

PTCL

飯 再 喫 碗 添, 多 吃 些兒 啊。

v̥æ t͡se t͡ɕʰiəʔ uə tʰie, tu t͡ɕʰiəʔ ʃin o

rice/meal again eat bowl PTCL? more eat more+ PTCL

If you want to eat more, then eat more if you'd like.

感冒藥

kə.mɔ.jɐ̞ʔ

cold medicine

喫嘞

t͡ɕʰiəʔ.ləʔ

taking/eating

v̥ən

INTERR

你,

ɲi,

2SG,

fiɔ

NEG

記弗着

t͡ɕʰi.fəʔ.t͡ʃɐ̞ʔ

verb-remember/NEG

PTCL

唻!

le

IMP

感冒藥 喫嘞 朆 你, 覅 記弗着 掉 唻!

kə.mɔ.jɐ̞ʔ t͡ɕʰiəʔ.ləʔ v̥ən ɲi, fiɔ t͡ɕʰi.fəʔ.t͡ʃɐ̞ʔ tɔ le

{cold medicine} taking/eating INTERR 2SG, NEG verb-remember/NEG PTCL IMP

Have you taken your cold medicine yet? Don't forget to take it!

Lexicon

Pronouns

  • [ŋu˥˨] 1st person singular
  • [ɲi˥˨] 2nd person singular
  • 渠[ ɡ̊i˩˩˨] 3rd person singular
  • 我達 [ŋu˥˨.d̥ɐ̞ʔ˩˨], 我拉 [ŋu˥˨.lɐ̞ʔ˩˨] (我耷) 1st person plural
  • 你達 [ɲi˥˨.d̥ɐ̞ʔ˩˨, 你拉 [ɲi˥˨.lɐ̞ʔ˩˨], 爾耷- [n][tAʔ]/[d̥Aʔ], [lAʔ] 2nd person plural
  • 渠達 [ɡ̊i˩˩˨.d̥ɐ̞ʔ˩˨], 渠拉 [ɡ̊i˩˩˨lɐ̞ʔ˩˨] (渠耷) 3rd person plural

References