汉腔

漢腔
Hànqiāng
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Wuhan accent
  2. 2 the way Wuhan locals speak

Examples

HSK 6
Tā shuōhuà dài zhe nónghòu de Hànqiāng.
He speaks with a strong Wuhan accent.
HSK 7-9
Tīngdào shúxī de Hànqiāng, tā zhīdào yùdào lǎoxiāng le.
Hearing the familiar Wuhan accent, he knew he'd run into someone from home.

Tips

culture
The 汉 here is short for 武汉, the city, not 汉族 (Han ethnicity). The Wuhan dialect (武汉话) belongs to the Southwestern Mandarin (西南官话) group and is famously crisp and quick-tempered.
usage
The same -腔 pattern names other regional accents: 京腔 (Beijing), 港腔 (Hong Kong / Cantonese-flavored Mandarin), 台湾腔 (Taiwan accent), 广东腔.

Stroke Order

汉 hàn
腔 qiāng