The Qingdao dialect is the local dialect of the city of
Qingdao
Qingdao, Mandarin: , (Qingdao Mandarin: t͡ɕʰiŋ˧˩ tɒ˥) is a prefecture-level city in the eastern Shandong Province of China. Located on China's Yellow Sea coast, Qingdao was long an important fortress. In 1897, the city was ceded to G ...
and nearby towns, in China's
Shandong
Shandong is a coastal Provinces of China, province in East China. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilization along the lower reaches of the Yellow River. It has served as a pivotal cultural ...
Province.
Often characterized as requiring a "fat tongue", the Qingdao dialect often adds a (English "th") sound to
Mandarin's (
Pinyin
Hanyu Pinyin, or simply pinyin, officially the Chinese Phonetic Alphabet, is the most common romanization system for Standard Chinese. ''Hanyu'' () literally means 'Han Chinese, Han language'—that is, the Chinese language—while ''pinyin' ...
"sh"), (Pinyin "x"), and (Pinyin "s"). It also obliterates many
Mandarin tones.
The basic, though not at all universal rule for converting Putonghua to the Qingdao dialect in the
pinyin
Hanyu Pinyin, or simply pinyin, officially the Chinese Phonetic Alphabet, is the most common romanization system for Standard Chinese. ''Hanyu'' () literally means 'Han Chinese, Han language'—that is, the Chinese language—while ''pinyin' ...
system is that a Mandarin 1 tone will become a Qingdao 3, 2 becomes a 4, 3 becomes 1 and 4 remains four. The Qingdao dialect's 1 tone (Mandarin's 3) also has a drawl to it. (the pinyin tones are: 1ˉ 2ˊ 3ˇ 4ˋ)
There are other phonetic changes from Mandarin to the Qingdao dialect:
*"gá •la" (), the local spicy
clam dish, known in Mandarin as "gé •li"
*"hā pì jiū" (), drink
beer
Beer is an alcoholic beverage produced by the brewing and fermentation of starches from cereal grain—most commonly malted barley, although wheat, maize (corn), rice, and oats are also used. The grain is mashed to convert starch in the ...
*"bài dào •dao" (), meaning "no need to say more", but better understood to mean "shut up". Literally translated as "don't blather on".
*"Zhei Ba (窄巴), narrow (窄 is pronounced as Zhei in Qingdao dialect, different from Zhai in Putonghua)
*"Biao (彪)/ Chao (嘲)/ Ban Xian (半仙)/ Yu (愚), stupid
Nearly all Qingdao natives can understand Mandarin, but they will often respond in the Qingdao dialect without realizing they are doing so. The Qingdao dialect is not necessarily standardized throughout Qingdao. Different neighbourhoods, from
Zhanshan to
Xinjiazhuang to
Maidao, will have their own variations.
Qingdao's urban dialect words originated between the 1940s and the 1960s. It has slowly developed its own "-isms" and slang over the years.
See also
*
Jiaoliao Mandarin
Jiaoliao or Jiao–Liao Mandarin ( zh
, s=胶辽官话
, t=膠遼官話
, p=Jiāo–Liáo Guānhuà), sometimes referred to as Peninsular Mandarin, is a primary dialect of Mandarin Chinese, spoken on the Jiaodong Peninsula, from Yanta ...
References
External links
鲁葱的母语：青岛话(in Chinese)
青岛市志•方言志(in Chinese)
(in Chinese)
{{Shandong topics
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City colloquials