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Posted on July 23, 2020
By Robert Payne
Wu dialect of Zhejiang, China
Bible in Taizhou Romanised (Genesis), published by the British and Foreign Bible Society.
The Taizhou dialect (Taizhou dialect: T'e-tsiu wa; simplified Chinese: 台州话; traditional Chinese: 台州話; pinyin: Tāizhōuhuà) is a dialect of Wu Chinese. It is spoken in the city of Taizhou in Zhejiang province, China. It is only partially intelligible with Shanghainese.
Phonetics
Consonants
| Romanization
|
(IPA)
|
Examples
|
| p
|
[p]
|
百班冰包
|
| p'
|
[pʰ]
|
拍派拼泡
|
| b
|
[b]
|
白排病刨
|
| m
|
[m]
|
麥買命貓
|
| f
|
[f]
|
弗反風飛
|
| v
|
[v]
|
佛飯縫肥
|
| t
|
[t]
|
搭單東刀
|
| t'
|
[tʰ]
|
塔攤通討
|
| d
|
[d]
|
達談動逃
|
| n
|
[n]
|
捺難農腦
|
| l
|
[l]
|
辣懶弄老
|
| k
|
[k]
|
格干公告
|
| k'
|
[kʰ]
|
客看空考
|
| g
|
[ɡ]
|
狂渠
|
| ng
|
[ŋ]
|
我牙耳咬
|
| h
|
[h]
|
好虎海漢
|
| '
|
[ɦ]
|
號害寒何
|
| ky
|
[c]
|
今记吉九
|
| ky'
|
[cʰ]
|
轻气挈吃
|
| gy
|
[ɟ]
|
琴奇杰求
|
| ny
|
[ȵ]
|
日念人繞
|
| hy
|
[ç]
|
許希訓晓
|
| y
|
[j]
|
陽耶園有
|
| ts
|
[ts]
|
只子早珍
|
| ts'
|
[tsʰ]
|
七此草稱
|
| dz
|
[dz]
|
遲查丈
|
| s
|
[s]
|
息思手身
|
| z
|
[z]
|
十字就善
|
| c
|
[tɕy], [tʃ]
|
珠轉種祝
|
| c'
|
[tɕʰy], [tʃʰ]
|
取穿充出
|
| dj
|
[dʑy], [dʒ]
|
住著重濁
|
| sh
|
[ɕy], [ʃ]
|
說水
|
| j
|
[ʑy], [ʒ]
|
樹從
|
| w
|
[w]
|
華會活還
|
|
|
[ʔ]
|
烏音愛安
|
- [m] and [ŋ] are syllabic consonants
Vowels
| Monophthongs
|
i
|
w
|
ü
|
| a [a]
|
ia [ia]
|
wa [ua]
|
-
|
| e [e]
|
-
|
we [ue]
|
-
|
| u [u]
|
iu [iu]
|
wu [u]
|
-
|
| æn [ɛ̃]
|
iæn [iɛ̃]
|
wæn [uɛ̃]
|
-
|
| ön [ø̃]
|
in [iẽ]
|
wön [uø̃]
|
ün [yø̃]
|
| -
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| æ [ɛ]
|
[ɹ̩]
|
o [o]
|
ô [ɔ]
|
| eo [ɤ]
|
i [i]
|
ü [y]
|
-
|
| Diphthongs
|
i
|
w
|
ü
|
| ao [aɒ]
|
iao [iaɒ]
|
-
|
-
|
| ang [aŋ]
|
iang [iaŋ]
|
uang [uaŋ]
|
-
|
| ông [ɔŋ]
|
-
|
uông [uɔŋ]
|
üông [yɔŋ]
|
| ong [oŋ]
|
-
|
-
|
üong [yoŋ]
|
| eng [əŋ]
|
ing [iŋ]
|
weng [uəŋ]
|
üing [yŋ]
|
| Glottals
|
i
|
w
|
ü
|
| æh [æʔ]
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| ah [aʔ]
|
iah [iaʔ]
|
-
|
-
|
| eh [əʔ]
|
ih [iʔ]
|
weh [uəʔ]
|
üih [yʔ]
|
| ôh [ɔʔ]
|
-
|
-
|
üôh [yɔʔ]
|
| oh [oʔ]
|
-
|
-
|
üoh [yoʔ]
|
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