Fluent foreigners spread the word on dialects

Mar 28, 2024

Tobias Le Compte, a 35-year-old Belgian musician widely known as Tobias or Gao Yue, has become a sensation on social media for his excellent grasp of the main Shanghai dialect.

Popular TV drama turns spotlight on preservation of Shanghai dialect

Feb 6, 2024

A long-awaited television series, which was released in both Mandarin and the Shanghai dialect in late December, has sparked discussions among residents, online viewers and experts over the preservation and inheritance of the declining Shanghai dialect.

Numbers

Sep 7, 2023

Useful Phrases and Expressions

Feb 7, 2023

Shanghai dialect

Dec 28, 2022

Shanghai dialect is a dialect spoken in the city of Shanghai and the surrounding region.

Dialects and the city

Jan 28, 2022

Featuring region-specific linguistic practices, box-office dark horse B for Busy is putting neighborhood life in Shanghai in the frame, Xu Fan reports.