# 方言 (fāngyán)

In Mandarin Chinese, 方言 (fāngyán) means “dialect”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: dialect
- Pinyin: fāngyán (fang1 yan2)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 这里的方言很难听懂。
  Zhèlǐ de fāngyán hěn nán tīngdǒng.
  The local dialect here is hard to understand.

## Characters

- [方](https://hanziro.com/word/fang-square/) (fāng): square; power or involution (math.)
- 言 (yán): words; speech

https://hanziro.com/word/fang-yan-dialect/

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