Zhoushan dialect
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The Zhoushan dialect is a regional variety of Wu Chinese spoken in the Zhoushan archipelago of Zhejiang Province, noted for its distinct phonology and vocabulary compared to Mandarin.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Zhoushan dialect canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17597211 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zhoushan dialect Context triple: [Zhoushan City, hasLocalDialect, Zhoushan dialect]
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A.
Ningbo dialect
The Ningbo dialect is a variety of Wu Chinese spoken in and around the city of Ningbo in Zhejiang province, known for its distinct phonology and limited mutual intelligibility with Mandarin.
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B.
Toishan dialect
The Toishan dialect is a variety of Yue Chinese spoken in Taishan and surrounding areas of Guangdong, historically significant as the primary Chinese language of many early Cantonese-speaking immigrants overseas.
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C.
Jiaxing dialect
The Jiaxing dialect is a regional variety of Wu Chinese spoken in and around Jiaxing in northern Zhejiang, known for its phonological and lexical features typical of the Taihu Wu group.
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D.
Oujiang dialect
The Oujiang dialect is a variety of Wu Chinese spoken primarily in and around Wenzhou in China’s Zhejiang province, known for its phonological complexity and mutual unintelligibility with Mandarin.
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E.
Wenzhounese
Wenzhounese is a highly distinctive and notoriously difficult-to-understand variety of Wu Chinese spoken in and around Wenzhou in southeastern Zhejiang province.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zhoushan dialect Target entity description: The Zhoushan dialect is a regional variety of Wu Chinese spoken in the Zhoushan archipelago of Zhejiang Province, noted for its distinct phonology and vocabulary compared to Mandarin.
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A.
Ningbo dialect
The Ningbo dialect is a variety of Wu Chinese spoken in and around the city of Ningbo in Zhejiang province, known for its distinct phonology and limited mutual intelligibility with Mandarin.
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B.
Toishan dialect
The Toishan dialect is a variety of Yue Chinese spoken in Taishan and surrounding areas of Guangdong, historically significant as the primary Chinese language of many early Cantonese-speaking immigrants overseas.
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C.
Jiaxing dialect
The Jiaxing dialect is a regional variety of Wu Chinese spoken in and around Jiaxing in northern Zhejiang, known for its phonological and lexical features typical of the Taihu Wu group.
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D.
Oujiang dialect
The Oujiang dialect is a variety of Wu Chinese spoken primarily in and around Wenzhou in China’s Zhejiang province, known for its phonological complexity and mutual unintelligibility with Mandarin.
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E.
Wenzhounese
Wenzhounese is a highly distinctive and notoriously difficult-to-understand variety of Wu Chinese spoken in and around Wenzhou in southeastern Zhejiang province.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.