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Wu|wuː|
[a. Chinese wú.]
Used attrib. of a group of Chinese dialects spoken in Shanghai, the south of Jiangsu province, and most parts of Zhejiang province, China. Also absol.
1908M. Kennelly tr. Richard's Comprehensive Geogr. Chinese Empire v. 348 The Ngeu..or Wu Dialects, comprising: 1—The Wênchow dialect. 2—The Ningpo dialect. 3—The Sungkiang or Shanghai dialect. 1943China Handbk. i. 30 The Wu group is spoken south of the Yangtze in Kiangsu... It is characterized by the preservation of the ancient voiced stops as aspirated voiced consonants. 1948R. A. D. Forrest Chinese Lang. xi. 224 The Wu language has in modern times a greater than average hostility to final consonants... Where palatalisation occurs in Wu before a..we regularly find the occlusive beside the fricative. 1964[see Min a. and n.4]. 1977‘S. Leys’ Chinese Shadows (1978) ii. 95 The gracious Wu dialect used in south Kiansu and north Chekiang. 1978Whitaker's Almanack 1979 838/1 The Chinese language has many dialects, Cantonese, Hakka,..Wu (Shanghai) and the northern dialect. |