Some Mandarin dialects, especially ones farther south, still possess the glottal stops while some Wu dialects have entirely lost them.
12.
A hint of non-standard pronunciation was also given, by marking final stops and initial voicing and non-palatalization in non-Mandarin dialects.
13.
Because most Mandarin dialects are found in the north, the group is sometimes referred to as the "'Northern dialects "'( ).
14.
Most Yue dialects have merged the Middle Chinese alveolar sibilants, in contrast with Mandarin dialects, which have generally maintained the distinction.
15.
These atonal syllables also occur in non-Mandarin dialects, but in many southern dialects the tones of all syllables are made clear.
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In 1917, this was merged with the School of Oriental Studies, where the Mandarin dialect was taught in the Far Eastern Department.
17.
Fluent in the Cantonese and Mandarin dialects, Lee says the Chinese characters for business mean " live " and " intent ."
18.
He teases her about her efforts to speak with a Mandarin dialect, rather than their preferred Shanghai dialect, so Pine can translate.
19.
Chinese speakers commonly stereotype the Tianjin dialect as aggressive-or confrontational-sounding, though it is not difficult for speakers of other Mandarin dialects to understand.
20.
The Mandarin dialects in particular have experienced a dramatic decrease in sounds and so have far more multisyllabic words than most other spoken varieties.
