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Which Dialect of Chinese is Hardest to Understand?
May 17, 2007 03:55
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Which dialect is hardest to understand in your opinion?? I believe 闽南话(Min 3 Nan 3 Hua 4), the one spread most in Fujian and Taiwan is hardest to understand.
May 17, 2007 03:57
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I can't understand Wenzhou Hua(温州)
May 17, 2007 04:33
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Yes, Cali. It's said that Wenzhou Hua is the most complicated dialect in China. There's a story said that during the Anti-Japanese War, the communication of Chinese army were always listened by Japanese. Then a clever signalman used his mother togue, Wenzhou Hua, to communicate with another Wenzhou soldier. The Japanese army was so confused that they can't understand what they said! Finally, the battle won cos Wenzhou Hua.

LoL
May 17, 2007 10:10
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Lee Ying,
Very interesting
May 18, 2007 00:42
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I think Fujian hua and the dialects in the far northeast (DongBei Hua) are quite difficult. Of course, those are the only ones I've had to encounter on a regular basis, so I may be biased.
May 18, 2007 02:01
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Yes, bbqq, I know the story. There's also a saying that 天不怕，地不怕，就怕温州人说鬼话

LOL
May 18, 2007 02:02
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I think Shanghai Hua is hard to learn and understand. So is Cantonese
May 18, 2007 03:08
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RACHELS , I think Dongbei Hua is not at all difficult to understand. It is much closer to Putonghua.
May 18, 2007 03:55
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Seems impossible to tell which dialects is the hardest. For me, some dialects are as difficult as foreign languages. I can't understand a single word of them.
May 20, 2007 21:55
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Yes, traveldream. It's really hard to understand some dialects. Especially when people are talking fast.
How about Shandong dialect? Anyone heard about this??
May 22, 2007 20:15
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As to Hunan (Yueyang Region) and Zhejiang (Shaoxing Region) dialects, I can understand only one word. Guess what it is? Haha, it's mama.
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