Wu (Wúyǔ 吴语)|Wúyǔ 吴语 (Wu)
OOI Giok Ling A bustling crowd of shoppers at a Shanghai market. Wu is one of the sub languages of
Min (Mǐn fāngyán 闽方言)|Mǐn fāngyán 闽方言 (Min)
Margaret Mian YAN The Min dialect group is the most divergent and complicated of China’s seven major languages. At least
Cantonese (Yue) (Yuè 粤)|Yuè 粤 (Cantonese (Yue))
OOI Giok Ling A Cantonese shopper in Macao carries a baby on her back, vegetables in her bag, and an
Hakka Languages (Kèjiāhuà 客家话)|Kèjiāhuà 客家话 (Hakka Languages)
Margaret Mian YAN A Hakka woman in a traditional hat often worn in the fields. Guangzhou, Guangdong Province. PHOTO BY
Word Radicals (Bùshǒu 部首)|Bùshǒu 部首 (Word Radicals)
Yit-Seng YOW Chinese word radicals are the building blocks of most of Chinese words. Each radical conveys a certain message,
Sino-Tibetan Languages (Hàn-Zàng yǔxì de yǔyán 汉藏语系的语言)|Hàn-Zàng yǔxì de yǔyán 汉藏语系的语言 (Sino-Tibetan Languages)
Stefan GEORG Sino-Tibetan languages, by some measurements the largest language family in the world, are divided into two groups. The