方言学 fāngyánxué dialectology Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 方言 fāngyán noun dialect; topolect A local variety of a language that differs from the standard form and is used in a specific region; also called 土话 tǔhuà or 土语 tǔyǔ学 學 xué nounaffix branch of learning (bound form) a subject or branch of study; often used as a suffix for -logy, -ics, or -science