Taizhou dialect

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

Monophthongsiwü
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]-
Diphthongsiwü
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]
Glottalsiwü
æh [æʔ]---
ah [aʔ]iah [iaʔ]--
eh [əʔ]ih [iʔ]weh [uəʔ]üih [yʔ]
ôh [ɔʔ]--üôh [yɔʔ]
oh [oʔ]--üoh [yoʔ]

References