New Horizons 17: 普通话与方言

PiB 2026

普通话

general speech (pǔtōnghuà)

方言

dialect (fāngyán)

香港

Hong Kong (Xiānggǎng)

广泛

wide/widespread/broadly/ ~使用/讨论/接受 (guǎngfàn)

北美

North America (Běi Měi)

发音

pronunciation (fāyīn)

词汇

vocabulary (cíhuì)

差别

difference (chābié)

简直

simply (jiǎnzhí)

陕西

Shaanxi (Shǎnxī)

苏州

Suzhou (Sūzhōu)

杭州

Hangzhou (Hángzhōu)

厦门

Xiamen city (Xiàmén)

形容

describe (xínróng)

姑娘

girl (gūniang)

东北

Northeast (Dōngběi)

俊

handsome (jùn)

乖

nice/child (guāi)

发生

happen (fāshēng)

误会

misunderstanding/misunderstand/ 发生/产生/造成/避免~ (wùhuì)

著名

famous/renowned/well known / ~的笑话/城市/大学 (zhùmíng)

相声

cross talk (xiàngsheng)

理发

have a haircut/ ~师傅; 理了一次发 (lǐfà)

闹笑话

cause a funny scene (nào xiàohua)

师傅

master/skilled worker/polite address for a blue-collar professional / 理发/老/[last name]~ = Barber master / Old master / Master [Last Name] (shīfu)

挨打

be beaten / 挨 sb.的打 = To get a beating from somebody (áidǎ)

吹风

blow air/to blow-dry hair /to be in a draft/ 给 sb.~ (chuīfēng)

照镜子

look in the mirror (zhào jìngzi)

疼

painful (téng)

仍然

still (réngrán)

影响力

influence/impact/leverage/有/产生/提高~ (yǐngxiǎnglì)

上海话

Shanghai dialect (shànghǎihuà)

闽南话

Southern Min dialect (mǐnnánhuà)

跟。。。有关

have to do with/ (gēn…yǒuguān)

发展

development/develop (fāzhǎn)

分不开

cant be separated (fēn bù kāi)

发达

developed (fādá)

内地

the mainland of china (nèidì)

巨大

huge (jùdà)

末

end (mò)

福建

Fujian (Fújiàn)

台湾

Taiwan (Táiwān)

东南亚

Southeast Asia (Dōngnán Yà)

古

ancient (gǔ)

推行

promote/implement/carry out/a policy/ ~普通话/拼音 (tuīxíng)

错误

mistakenly/mistake (cuòwù)

消失

disappear/fade/vanish/ sth.~; 慢慢/很快/完全~ (xiāoshī)

各界

all walks of life (gèjiè)

不断

unceasingly (búduàn)

抖音

TikTok (Dǒuyīn)

平台

platform (píngtái)

保护

protect (bǎohù)

多

multi/many/ eg ~方言/民族 (duō)

笑话

joke/to laugh at someone/ 闹/说~ = To make a fool of oneself 闹笑话 / to tell a joke 说话 (xiàohua)

客人

guest/customer/visitor/ eg 重要的/普通/外国~ (kèrén)

洗头

to wash ones hair/shampoo/ 洗了个头; 给 sb.~ = Washed hair / wash hair for someone (xǐ tóu)

经济

economy/economic/ ~发达; 发展 (jīngjì)

影响

influence/to affect/impact/ 对...产生~; sth.受到~ (yǐngxiǎng)

改革开放

reform and opening up/china’s economic policy starting in late/1978 (gǎigé kāifàng)

中心

center/core/hub/ 经济/政治/文化 (zhōngxīn)

保留

to retain/to preserve/ ~发音/词汇/传统 (bǎoliú)

社会各界

all walks of life/various circles of society (shèhuì gèjiè)

关注

attention/to follow closely/to pay close attention to/ sth.得到/受到 sb.的~ (guānzhù)