Quzhou dialect

NativetoPeople's Republic of China

Sinitic
- Wu
  - Chuqu
    - Quzhou dialect

Quzhou dialect
衢州話
Pronunciation	[dʒy tɕiɯ ɦuɑ]
Native to	People's Republic of China
Region	Quzhou prefecture, Zhejiang
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Sinitic Wu Chuqu Quzhou dialect
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	`chuz1238`
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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.

Initials

		Labial	Dental	Palatal	Postalveolar	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m 迷	n 拿	ɲ 寧		ŋ 咬
Plosive	tenuis	p 巴	t 丁			k 公	ʔ 愛
	aspirated	pʰ 怕	tʰ 聽			kʰ 空
	slack voice	b̥ 爬	d̥ 停			ɡ̊ 共
Affricate	tenuis		ts 增	tɕ 九	tʃ 真
	aspirated		tsʰ 寸	tɕʰ 秋	tʃʰ 春
	slack voice		d̥z̥ 存	d̥ʑ̊ 求	d̥ʒ̊ 陳
Fricative	tenuis	f 方	s 森	ɕ 心	ʃ 雙	x 好
Fricative	slack voice	v̥ 房	z̥ 時	ʑ̊ 尋	ʒ̊ 床	ɣ̊ 或
Approximant			l 來	(j) 移		(w) 吳	ɦ 或

Finals

Medial	Nucleus
Medial	∅	ɑ	e̞	ɘɪ	ɔ	ɤ	ə	æ	ən	ã	ɒ̃	oŋ	əʔ	ənʔ	ɐ̞ʔ	liquid
∅	試 [ʐ]	家 [ɑ]	菜 [e̞]	走 [ɘɪ]	包 [ɔ]	勾 [ɤ]	南 [ə]	三 [æ]	本 [ən]	打 [ã]	方 [ɒ̃]	公 [oŋ]	六 [əʔ]	脱 [ənʔ]	白 [ɐ̞ʔ]	爾 [ɫ]
i	去 [i]	謝 [iɑ]	變 [ie]		表 [iɔ]	九 [iɯ]			金 [iɲ]	兩 [iã]	旺 [iɒ̃]	窘 [ioŋ]	业 [iɘʔ]		弱 [iɐ̞ʔ]	姆 [m]
u	布 [u]	瓜 [uɑ]	快 [ue̞]	會 [uɘɪ]			官 [uə]	慣 [uæ]	昏 [uən]	昌 [uã]	光 [uɒ̃]		國 [uəʔ]		划 [uɐ̞ʔ]	魚 [ŋ]
y	雨 [y]						捐 [yə]		運 [yɲ]				肉 [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	陽上去 yáng shàngqù	[˧˩] (31)	外地路道
5	陰去 yīn qù	[˥˨] (52)	對去馬你
6	陰入 yīn rù	[˥̚] (5)	各黑出脫
7	陽入 yáng rù	[˩˨̚] (12)	六肉白石

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Initials

Finals

Tones

Grammar

Sentence structure

Lexicon

Pronouns

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