What is Xuzhou dialect?

Xuzhou dialect now belongs to the Central Plains Mandarin in the northern dialect, which is close to Lu Yu dialect. For example, it is not good to be a child (cool), it is dark at night (evening), it is not good to be a child (look, find), it is not good to be a child (just now), and so on.

History of Xuzhou dialect

Ancient Xuzhou had a vast territory. In ancient times, there was a Xu state here. What is it called in history? Xu Fang? . Xuzhou is located in Huaibei. Historically, the northern and southern imperial courts often took the Huaihe River as the boundary.

Therefore, Xuzhou dialect is mostly impacted by the Central Plains and Qilu dialect. After the Southern Song Dynasty, Xuzhou dialect has been close to Central Plains Chinese.

Generally speaking, the phonetic system of Xuzhou dialect is close to Mandarin. There are many ancient words in Xuzhou dialect, which still retain the features of ancient Chinese or early vernacular Chinese.