Taizhou dialect

Taizhou dialect (Taizhou dialect:T'e-tsiu wa; simplified Chinese: 台州话; traditional Chinese: 台州話; pinyin: Tāizhōu huà) is a dialect of Wu Chinese. It is spoken in the city of Taizhou in Zhejiang province of China. It is only partially intelligible with Shanghainese.

Taizhou
Native to	People's Republic of China
Region	Zhejiang
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Sinitic Wu Taizhou Wu Taizhou
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
ISO 639-6	tzoj
Glottolog	None

Bible in Taizhou Romanised (Genesis), published by the British and Foreign Bible Society.

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、ng are also syllables

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]

References