蓝青官话
lán​qīng​guān​huà

Mandarin spoken with a provincial accent

  • created sense approved 蓝青官话/藍青官話 · lán​qīng​guān​huà · Mandarin spoken with a provincial accent — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    蓝青官话 / 藍青官話

    lán​qīng​guān​huà

    Mandarin spoken with a provincial accent

    Old term for Mandarin that is heavily influenced by a local dialect, or spoken with a thick provincial accent. The phrase uses "blue-green" as a metaphor for something that is unrefined or not pure in color.

    蓝青 (literal) → 蓝青/藍青 · lán​qīng · non-standard 官话 (literal) → 官话/官話 · guān​huà · Mandarin dialects

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