土话 (tǔ huà) — local dialect, vernacular; colloquial expression, slang
Definition
Literally 'earth speech', 土话 refers to a regional or rural local dialect, often rough and unstandardized — narrower and more colloquial than 方言 (which can include any regional variety).
noun
local dialectvernacularcolloquial expressionslang
Examples
- 土话，。Hěn duō nóng cūn lǎo rén zhī huì shuō tǔ huà, bú huì shuō pǔ tōng huà.Many elderly people in rural areas only speak their local dialect and can't speak Mandarin.
- 土话。Tā jiǎng de nà zhǒng tǔ huà wǒ yí jù huà yě tīng bù dǒng.I couldn't understand a single word of that dialect he was speaking.
- 土话，。Zhè ge cí shì zhè lǐ de tǔ huà, cí diǎn shàng chá bú dào.This word is local slang; you won't find it in the dictionary.
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