- Recently, I learned to sing in Mandarin.
- Wow!
- Yeah.
- So Mandarin, that’s the main Chinese dialect, isn’t it?
- Yeah.
- I was going over to do a concert, and they asked me if I would learn sort of... I think it’s sort of like an iconic song, a modern-day pop song from China.
單詞講解
1
Mandarin /?m?nd?r?n/
the standard form of Chinese, which is the official language of China
n.(中文)普通話
例:
All visitors receive the free audio guide in Russian and Mandarin.
所有的游客都能得到免費(fèi)的俄語和普通話語音指南。
In Mandarin, The Forbidden City is called the Purple Forbidden City.
在普通話中,紫禁城被稱為紫色的紫禁城。
2
dialect /?da??lekt/
the form of a language that is spoken in one area with grammar, words and pronunciation that may be different from other forms of the same language
n. 地方話;土話;方言
例:
It was difficult to understand the local dialect.
這種方言很難懂。
It is often appropriate to use the local dialect to communicate your message.
用方言來交流信息往往很合適。
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