Wuzhou Wu (婺州話 or 務州片) is a Southern

Wu Chinese The Wu languages (; Wu romanization and IPA: ''wu6 gniu6'' [] ( Shanghainese), ''ng2 gniu6'' [] (Suzhounese), Mandarin pinyin and IPA: ''Wúyǔ'' []) is a major group of Sinitic languages spoken primarily in Shanghai, Zhejiang, Zhejiang Provin ...

language spoken in and around

Jinhua , alternately romanized as Kinhwa, is a prefecture-level city in central Zhejiang province in eastern China. It borders the provincial capital of Hangzhou to the northwest, Quzhou to the southwest, Lishui to the south, Taizhou to the east ...

Zhejiang Zhejiang ( or , ; , also romanized as Chekiang) is an eastern, coastal province of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Hangzhou, and other notable cities include Ningbo and Wenzhou. Zhejiang is bordered by Ji ...

province. It is at best only poorly intelligible with

Taihu Wu Taihu Wu () or Northern Wu () is a Wu Chinese language spoken over much of southern part of Jiangsu province, including Suzhou, Wuxi, Changzhou, the southern part of Nantong, Jingjiang and Danyang; the municipality of Shanghai; and the northern p ...

. Wuzhou Wu is named after the ancient Wuzhou County that existed in modern-day Jinhua.

Dialects

Jinhua is the chief and representative dialect of Wuzhou. *

Jinhua dialect The Jinhua dialect () is a dialect of Wu Chinese spoken in the city of Jinhua, China and the surrounding region in central Zhejiang Zhejiang ( or , ; , also romanized as Chekiang) is an eastern, coastal province of the People's Republi ...

Lanxi dialect Lanxi may refer to the following locations in China: *Lanxi, Zhejiang (), county-level city of Jinhua * Lanxi County (), Suihua, Heilongjiang ** Lanxi, Heilongjiang (; zh), town in and seat of Lanxi County * Lanxi, Fujian (; zh), town in and sub ...

Pujiang dialect Pujiang may refer to the following in China: *Pujiang County, Sichuan (蒲江县), county of Chengdu *Pujiang County, Zhejiang (浦江县), county of Jinhua *Huangpu River, also called Pujiang, the main river of Shanghai *Pujiang, Shanghai (浦江� ...

Yiwu dialect Yiwu () is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Jinhua in Central Zhejiang Province, East China. As of the 2020 census, the city had 1,859,390 inhabitants and its built-up (or metro) area, joined with that of the neighboring Dong ...

Dongyang dialect () is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Jinhua in Central Zhejiang Province, China. It covers an area of and administers eleven towns, one township, and six subdistricts. It is part of the Yangtze River Delta Economic Region. A ...

Pan'an dialect Pan'an County () is a county of central Zhejiang province, China. It is under the administration of the Jinhua city. Administrative divisions Towns: * Anwen (安文镇), Shanghu (尚湖镇), Fangqian (方前镇), Xinwo (新渥镇), Jiansh ...

* Yongkang dialect * Wuyi dialect * Jiande dialect

References

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