created sense approved 方言学/方言學 · fāngyánxué · dialectology — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
方言学 / 方言學
fāngyánxué
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 · fāngyán · dialect; topolect 学 (bound) → 学/學 · xué · branch of learning
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