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Episode 2: Chinese spoken around China country
Both languages and Chinese accents differ in China.
Basically, we may divide Chinese into seven large groups based on the number of people who speak it:
- Mandarin or Han or Mandarin ( Traditional Chinese : 官話, Simplified Chinese : 官话, Pinyin : Guānhuà , Guānhuà , translation: official) or Northern accent (Chinese: 北方方言, pi Nain :Běifāngfāngyán Pei listens to Yan )
- Geo ( Traditional Chinese : 吳方言, Simplified Chinese : 吴方言, Pinyin : Wú fāng yán , Wufangyan, translation: Wu dialect) or ( Traditional Chinese: 吳語, Simplified Chinese : 吴语, Pinyin : wú yǔ wu , translation: wu) in Jiangsu
- Cantonese ( Traditional Chinese : 粵語, Simplified Chinese : 粤语, Pinyin : Yue yǔ Yue -Yue , translation: Cantonese )
- Hokkian or Min ( Traditional Chinese : 閩方言, Simplified Chinese : 闽方言, Pinyin : Mǐnfāngyán , Minfangyan , translation: Min accent) in Fujian or Hokkian Province.
- Xiang ( Traditional Chinese : 湘語, Simplified Chinese : 湘语, Pinyin : Xīang yǔ Xiangyu , translation: Hunan dialect)
- Hakka ( Traditional Chinese : 客家話, Simplified Chinese : 客家话, Pinyin : Kèjiāhuà , Kejiahua , translation: Hakka) or Hakka.
- Gan ( Traditional Chinese :贛語, Simplified Chinese : 赣语Ganyu , translation: Jiangxi)
In addition, linguists have divided the Chinese language into three categories from the above large groups:
- Jin ( Traditional Chinese : 晉語, Simplified Chinese : 晋语, Pinyin : Jìnyǔ Jinyu ) is derived from Mandarin.
- Hui ( Traditional Chinese : 徽語, Simplified Chinese : 徽语, Pinyin : Huīyǔ , Huiyu ) or ( Traditional Chinese : 徽州話, Simplified Chinese : 徽州话, Pinyin : Huīzhōuhuà Hui) Zhou Hua ), separated from Wu.
- Ping ( Traditional Chinese : 平話, Simplified Chinese : 平话, Pinyin : Ping yǔ Pingyu ) , derived from Cantonese.
