Listen to the dialect of where the taste is

Tingweier is a Jiaodong dialect, also known as Tingweier. Its Mandarin meaning is smelling. Tingweier has become the iconic language of Jiaodong dialect in the eyes of outsiders.

Jiaodong dialect is a living fossil of the ancient dialect. Therefore, to understand Jiaodong dialect, you must go back to the origin of the characters, that is, go back to ancient times and use the thinking of the ancients to understand the characters, rather than the thinking of modern people. to understand.

In ancient times, "listening" actually described "big mouth appearance" and "smiling appearance". Therefore, "listening to the smell" actually describes the facial expression when "smelling": when smelling, people's mouths will open or smile. Over time, the facial expression when "listening to smell" solidified into the meaning of "smelling".

Characteristics of Jiaodong dialect

The dialect characteristics of Jiaodong dialect are basically the same as those of Donglai District dialect, but Qingdao, Pingdu Laibian, Yexian and other places do not have the unique tongue of most Jiaodong dialects. The mid-range initial consonant and descending Yin-level tone value.

Due to the large-scale immigration from Jiaodong area to Liaodong area in history (mainly in the Qing Dynasty), Jiaodong dialect has had a profound and extensive influence on Liaodong dialect. There are many differences between the two in terms of pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar. There is a high degree of consistency. It can be said that the Liaodong dialect was formed and developed on the basis of absorbing the original local dialects and with the Jiaodong dialect as the main body.