| Taizhou | |
| States: | People's Republic of China |
| Region: | Zhejiang |
| Speakers: | ? |
| Familycolor: | Sino-Tibetan |
| Fam2: | Sinitic |
| Fam3: | Chinese |
| Fam4: | Wu |
| Fam5: | Taizhou Wu |
| Isoexception: | dialect |
| Iso6: | tzoj |
| Glotto: | none |
The Taizhou dialect (Taizhou dialect: T'e-tsiu wa;) is a dialect of Wu Chinese. It is spoken in the city of Taizhou in Zhejiang province, China. It is only partially intelligible with Shanghainese.
| Romanization | (IPA) | Examples | |
|---|---|---|---|
| p | pronounced as /[p]/ | Chinese: 百班冰包 | |
| p' | pronounced as /[pʰ]/ | Chinese: 拍派拼泡 | |
| b | pronounced as /[b]/ | Chinese: 白排病刨 | |
| m | pronounced as /[m]/ | Chinese: 麥買命貓 | |
| f | pronounced as /[f]/ | Chinese: 弗反風飛 | |
| v | pronounced as /[v]/ | Chinese: 佛飯縫肥 | |
| t | pronounced as /[t]/ | Chinese: 搭單東刀 | |
| t' | pronounced as /[tʰ]/ | Chinese: 塔攤通討 | |
| d | pronounced as /[d]/ | Chinese: 達談動逃 | |
| n | pronounced as /[n]/ | Chinese: 捺難農腦 | |
| l | pronounced as /[l]/ | Chinese: 辣懶弄老 | |
| k | pronounced as /[k]/ | Chinese: 格干公告 | |
| k' | pronounced as /[kʰ]/ | Chinese: 客看空考 | |
| g | pronounced as /[ɡ]/ | Chinese: 狂渠 | |
| ng | pronounced as /[ŋ]/ | Chinese: 我牙耳咬 | |
| h | pronounced as /[h]/ | Chinese: 好虎海漢 | |
| ' | pronounced as /[ɦ]/ | Chinese: 號害寒何 | |
| ky | pronounced as /[c]/ | Chinese: 今记吉九 | |
| ky' | pronounced as /[cʰ]/ | Chinese: 轻气挈吃 | |
| gy | pronounced as /[ɟ]/ | Chinese: 琴奇杰求 | |
| ny | pronounced as /[ȵ]/ | Chinese: 日念人繞 | |
| hy | pronounced as /[ç]/ | Chinese: 許希訓晓 | |
| y | pronounced as /[j]/ | Chinese: 陽耶園有 | |
| ts | pronounced as /[ts]/ | Chinese: 只子早珍 | |
| ts' | pronounced as /[tsʰ]/ | Chinese: 七此草稱 | |
| dz | pronounced as /[dz]/ | Chinese: 遲查丈 | |
| s | pronounced as /[s]/ | Chinese: 息思手身 | |
| z | pronounced as /[z]/ | Chinese: 十字就善 | |
| c | pronounced as /[tɕy]/, pronounced as /[tʃ]/ | Chinese: 珠轉種祝 | |
| c' | pronounced as /[tɕʰy]/, pronounced as /[tʃʰ]/ | Chinese: 取穿充出 | |
| dj | pronounced as /[dʑy]/, pronounced as /[dʒ]/ | Chinese: 住著重濁 | |
| sh | pronounced as /[ɕy]/, pronounced as /[ʃ]/ | Chinese: 說水 | |
| j | pronounced as /[ʑy]/, pronounced as /[ʒ]/ | Chinese: 樹從 | |
| w | pronounced as /[w]/ | Chinese: 華會活還 | |
| pronounced as /[ʔ]/ | Chinese: 烏音愛安 |
| Monophthongs | i | w | ü | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| a pronounced as /[a]/ | ia pronounced as /[ia]/ | wa pronounced as /[ua]/ | - | |
| e pronounced as /[e]/ | - | we pronounced as /[ue]/ | - | |
| u pronounced as /[u]/ | iu pronounced as /[iu]/ | wu pronounced as /[u]/ | - | |
| æn pronounced as /[ɛ̃]/ | iæn pronounced as /[iɛ̃]/ | wæn pronounced as /[uɛ̃]/ | - | |
| ön pronounced as /[ø̃]/ | in pronounced as /[iẽ]/ | wön pronounced as /[uø̃]/ | ün pronounced as /[yø̃]/ | |
| - | - | - | - | |
| æ pronounced as /[ɛ]/ | pronounced as /[ɹ̩]/ | o pronounced as /[o]/ | ô pronounced as /[ɔ]/ | |
| eo pronounced as /[ɤ]/ | i pronounced as /[i]/ | ü pronounced as /[y]/ | - |
| Diphthongs | i | w | ü | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ao pronounced as /[aɒ]/ | iao pronounced as /[iaɒ]/ | - | - | |
| ang pronounced as /[aŋ]/ | iang pronounced as /[iaŋ]/ | uang pronounced as /[uaŋ]/ | - | |
| ông pronounced as /[ɔŋ]/ | - | uông pronounced as /[uɔŋ]/ | üông pronounced as /[yɔŋ]/ | |
| ong pronounced as /[oŋ]/ | - | - | üong pronounced as /[yoŋ]/ | |
| eng pronounced as /[əŋ]/ | ing pronounced as /[iŋ]/ | weng pronounced as /[uəŋ]/ | üing pronounced as /[yŋ]/ |
| Glottals | i | w | ü | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| æh pronounced as /[æʔ]/ | - | - | - | |
| ah pronounced as /[aʔ]/ | iah pronounced as /[iaʔ]/ | - | - | |
| eh pronounced as /[əʔ]/ | ih pronounced as /[iʔ]/ | weh pronounced as /[uəʔ]/ | üih pronounced as /[yʔ]/ | |
| ôh pronounced as /[ɔʔ]/ | - | - | üôh pronounced as /[yɔʔ]/ | |
| oh pronounced as /[oʔ]/ | - | - | üoh pronounced as /[yoʔ]/ |