0:00:03.724,0:00:05.453 Hi, everyone,[br]my name is Ying Li. 0:00:05.553,0:00:09.461 I'm very happy to share my dialect[br]here at Wikitongues. 0:00:09.958,0:00:12.748 I come from Tanghe County,[br]Nanyang City, Henan Province. 0:00:12.886,0:00:16.138 Tanghe is on the boarder of[br]Hubei Province. 0:00:16.649,0:00:19.415 I'm going to show you Henan dialect today. 0:00:19.851,0:00:24.984 Henan dialect is known as Central Plains[br]Mandarin, one of the central dialects. 0:00:25.328,0:00:29.457 It sounds simliar to Mandarin,[br]but it's actually very different. 0:00:29.630,0:00:36.342 Although we call it the Henan dialect,[br]it has many variations. 0:00:36.414,0:00:40.568 Different cities have different accents. 0:00:40.701,0:00:45.399 For example, Nanyang City has a different[br]accent than Zhengzhou and Luoyang accents. 0:00:45.683,0:00:51.274 Even counties in Nanyang share different[br]accents, like Tanghe and Tongbai. 0:00:51.581,0:00:53.581 They have different accents. 0:00:53.831,0:01:00.737 So the accent I'm about to present for you[br]can only represent Tanghe. 0:01:01.172,0:01:07.851 Many Chinese people know this typical word[br]in Henan dialect is "Zhong"... 0:01:07.884,0:01:11.355 "Zhong" means "Okay", [br]"Bu zhong" means "not okay". 0:01:11.536,0:01:14.723 There are also some other typical ones,[br]for example... 0:01:15.145,0:01:18.456 "Such a hot day![br]So 'dai jin' to sit in the AC room" 0:01:18.556,0:01:21.493 "dai jin" means "comfy (shufu)". 0:01:22.083,0:01:25.187 Another one, "What are you doing?[br](ni zai zuo shen me?)"... 0:01:25.287,0:01:30.130 My dialect would be "Ni gai zhi sha li?"[br]or "ni gai zhua li?". 0:01:30.624,0:01:34.398 Another typical one,[br]"Have you eaten? (Ni chi fan mei you?)" 0:01:34.498,0:01:36.238 It would be "Ni chi fan mu nou?" 0:01:36.460,0:01:40.515 If yes, you can say, "Chi le",[br]if not, you can say "mu nou". 0:01:40.651,0:01:43.401 Another one, "Do you have money?[br](Ni you qian mei you?)" 0:01:43.932,0:01:47.037 In my dialect, it would be[br]"Ni you qian mu nai?" 0:01:47.679,0:01:50.000 If yes, you say "you",[br]if no, you say "mu nai". 0:01:50.743,0:01:55.980 Besides those, different times[br]of day are also different. 0:01:56.378,0:01:59.669 For example, "zao qi" means[br]"early in the morning (zao shang)". 0:01:59.786,0:02:01.957 "qian banr" for "morning (shang wu)"... 0:02:02.025,0:02:03.815 "shang wu" for "noon (zhong wu)"... 0:02:03.965,0:02:05.885 "hou banr" for "afternoon (xia wu)"... 0:02:06.211,0:02:08.122 "dai he sir" for "dusk (bang wan)"... 0:02:08.223,0:02:10.229 and "he liao" for "night (wan shang)"... 0:02:10.330,0:02:13.664 They are completely different[br]from Mandarin. 0:02:14.103,0:02:16.462 We also call some animals different names. 0:02:16.877,0:02:19.419 For example, in my dialect... 0:02:19.502,0:02:23.638 "chang chong" is for "snake (she)"... 0:02:24.046,0:02:26.367 "chu chuan" for "earth worms (qiu yin)"... 0:02:26.544,0:02:29.123 "ou" for "cow (niu)"... 0:02:29.445,0:02:31.745 "huo zi" for "rabbit (tu zi)"... 0:02:32.016,0:02:33.931 "lao bie" for "turtle (wu gui)". 0:02:34.609,0:02:39.572 Those are the typical ones.[br]There are still more... 0:02:40.392,0:02:43.391 "dunr" for "little stool (deng zi)"... 0:02:43.654,0:02:48.047 "ge ziu" for "squat (dun)"... 0:02:49.042,0:02:51.694 "ziao mao" for "hilarious (gao xiao)"... 0:02:51.903,0:02:57.300 Not only do we have[br]interesting names... 0:02:57.635,0:02:59.548 we also have interesting phrases. 0:02:59.854,0:03:04.819 I still remember my math teacher[br]from elementary school. 0:03:05.079,0:03:07.282 I will never forget[br]her "tough love" for us. 0:03:07.382,0:03:11.713 She said things like, "You're like[br]Zhu Bajie who carries the torn quilt... 0:03:11.914,0:03:13.933 you're nothing and you have nothing"... 0:03:14.033,0:03:18.601 or "You're like the turtle in a pot,[br]the longer you stay, the worse you get". 0:03:18.701,0:03:20.063 Very tough but very funny. 0:03:20.163,0:03:23.953 Um...[br]Those are all... 0:03:24.053,0:03:27.613 Anyways, I think I should stop here. 0:03:27.761,0:03:30.741 If possible, I hope that... 0:03:30.806,0:03:37.709 people from other parts of Henan[br]will share more about Henan dialect here. 0:03:37.998,0:03:40.986 That's all for today! [br]Bye!