1 00:00:03,724 --> 00:00:05,453 Hi, everyone, my name is Ying Li. 2 00:00:05,553 --> 00:00:09,461 I'm very happy to share my dialect here at Wikitongues. 3 00:00:09,958 --> 00:00:12,748 I come from Tanghe County, Nanyang City, Henan Province. 4 00:00:12,886 --> 00:00:16,138 Tanghe is on the boarder of Hubei Province. 5 00:00:16,649 --> 00:00:19,415 I'm going to show you Henan dialect today. 6 00:00:19,851 --> 00:00:24,984 Henan dialect is known as Central Plains Mandarin, one of the central dialects. 7 00:00:25,328 --> 00:00:29,457 It sounds simliar to Mandarin, but it's actually very different. 8 00:00:29,630 --> 00:00:36,342 Although we call it the Henan dialect, it has many variations. 9 00:00:36,414 --> 00:00:40,568 Different cities have different accents. 10 00:00:40,701 --> 00:00:45,399 For example, Nanyang City has a different accent than Zhengzhou and Luoyang accents. 11 00:00:45,683 --> 00:00:51,274 Even counties in Nanyang share different accents, like Tanghe and Tongbai. 12 00:00:51,581 --> 00:00:53,581 They have different accents. 13 00:00:53,831 --> 00:01:00,737 So the accent I'm about to present for you can only represent Tanghe. 14 00:01:01,172 --> 00:01:07,851 Many Chinese people know this typical word in Henan dialect is "Zhong"... 15 00:01:07,884 --> 00:01:11,355 "Zhong" means "Okay", "Bu zhong" means "not okay". 16 00:01:11,536 --> 00:01:14,723 There are also some other typical ones, for example... 17 00:01:15,145 --> 00:01:18,456 "Such a hot day! So 'dai jin' to sit in the AC room" 18 00:01:18,556 --> 00:01:21,493 "dai jin" means "comfy (shufu)". 19 00:01:22,083 --> 00:01:25,187 Another one, "What are you doing? (ni zai zuo shen me?)"... 20 00:01:25,287 --> 00:01:30,130 My dialect would be "Ni gai zhi sha li?" or "ni gai zhua li?". 21 00:01:30,624 --> 00:01:34,398 Another typical one, "Have you eaten? (Ni chi fan mei you?)" 22 00:01:34,498 --> 00:01:36,238 It would be "Ni chi fan mu nou?" 23 00:01:36,460 --> 00:01:40,515 If yes, you can say, "Chi le", if not, you can say "mu nou". 24 00:01:40,651 --> 00:01:43,401 Another one, "Do you have money? (Ni you qian mei you?)" 25 00:01:43,932 --> 00:01:47,037 In my dialect, it would be "Ni you qian mu nai?" 26 00:01:47,679 --> 00:01:50,000 If yes, you say "you", if no, you say "mu nai". 27 00:01:50,743 --> 00:01:55,980 Besides those, different times of day are also different. 28 00:01:56,378 --> 00:01:59,669 For example, "zao qi" means "early in the morning (zao shang)". 29 00:01:59,786 --> 00:02:01,957 "qian banr" for "morning (shang wu)"... 30 00:02:02,025 --> 00:02:03,815 "shang wu" for "noon (zhong wu)"... 31 00:02:03,965 --> 00:02:05,885 "hou banr" for "afternoon (xia wu)"... 32 00:02:06,211 --> 00:02:08,122 "dai he sir" for "dusk (bang wan)"... 33 00:02:08,223 --> 00:02:10,229 and "he liao" for "night (wan shang)"... 34 00:02:10,330 --> 00:02:13,664 They are completely different from Mandarin. 35 00:02:14,103 --> 00:02:16,462 We also call some animals different names. 36 00:02:16,877 --> 00:02:19,419 For example, in my dialect... 37 00:02:19,502 --> 00:02:23,638 "chang chong" is for "snake (she)"... 38 00:02:24,046 --> 00:02:26,367 "chu chuan" for "earth worms (qiu yin)"... 39 00:02:26,544 --> 00:02:29,123 "ou" for "cow (niu)"... 40 00:02:29,445 --> 00:02:31,745 "huo zi" for "rabbit (tu zi)"... 41 00:02:32,016 --> 00:02:33,931 "lao bie" for "turtle (wu gui)". 42 00:02:34,609 --> 00:02:39,572 Those are the typical ones. There are still more... 43 00:02:40,392 --> 00:02:43,391 "dunr" for "little stool (deng zi)"... 44 00:02:43,654 --> 00:02:48,047 "ge ziu" for "squat (dun)"... 45 00:02:49,042 --> 00:02:51,694 "ziao mao" for "hilarious (gao xiao)"... 46 00:02:51,903 --> 00:02:57,300 Not only do we have interesting names... 47 00:02:57,635 --> 00:02:59,548 we also have interesting phrases. 48 00:02:59,854 --> 00:03:04,819 I still remember my math teacher from elementary school. 49 00:03:05,079 --> 00:03:07,282 I will never forget her "tough love" for us. 50 00:03:07,382 --> 00:03:11,713 She said things like, "You're like Zhu Bajie who carries the torn quilt... 51 00:03:11,914 --> 00:03:13,933 you're nothing and you have nothing"... 52 00:03:14,033 --> 00:03:18,601 or "You're like the turtle in a pot, the longer you stay, the worse you get". 53 00:03:18,701 --> 00:03:20,063 Very tough but very funny. 54 00:03:20,163 --> 00:03:23,953 Um... Those are all... 55 00:03:24,053 --> 00:03:27,613 Anyways, I think I should stop here. 56 00:03:27,761 --> 00:03:30,741 If possible, I hope that... 57 00:03:30,806 --> 00:03:37,709 people from other parts of Henan will share more about Henan dialect here. 58 00:03:37,998 --> 00:03:40,986 That's all for today! Bye!