土语 (tǔ yǔ) — local dialect, vernacular, patois

Definition

Examples

• 这种土语已经很少人说了。
  Zhè zhǒng tǔ yǔ yǐ jīng hěn shǎo rén shuō le.
  This kind of local dialect is no longer spoken by many people.
• 他虽然会说普通话，但平时还是用土语聊天。
  Tā suī rán huì shuō pǔ tōng huà, dàn píng shí hái shì yòng tǔ yǔ liáo tiān.
  Although he can speak Mandarin, he still chats in his local dialect.
• 这本书写的都是当地的土语，外地人不太看得懂。
  Zhè běn shū xiě de dōu shì dāng dì de tǔ yǔ, wài dì rén bú tài kàn de dǒng.
  This book is written entirely in the local patois, so outsiders can't understand it well.

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