方言学
fāng​yán​xué

dialectology

  • created sense approved 方言学/方言學 · fāng​yán​xué · dialectology — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    方言学 / 方言學

    fāng​yán​xué

    dialectology

    The study of regional dialects; specifically the study of Chinese topolects. It uses investigation as its primary method and includes subfields such as historical dialectology and dialect geography.

    方言 (literal) → 方言 · fāng​yán · dialect; topolect 学 (bound) → 学/學 · xué · branch of learning

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