方言

fāngyán

the first Chinese dialect dictionary, edited by Yang Xiong 扬雄 in 1st century, containing over 9000 characters

Watch it being written

Every character draws itself, stroke by stroke. Then grab the brush: trace it yourself and hear the word when you finish.

Build with these blocks

Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.

See it in sentences

他会说几种方言。

He can speak several dialects.

方言和普通话不同。

Dialects differ from Putonghua.