北方话 Běi Fāng Huà

  1. Běi Fāng Huà proper noun Mandarin; Regional Northern Dialect
    Domain: Linguistics 语言学 , Subdomain: China , Concept: Dialect 方言
    Notes: Dialect across Northern China, including areas north of the Yangtze and Southwest China. This is in contrast to 官话, which literally mean language of officials; Mandarins (Norman 1988, p. 181; Sun 2006, loc. 143)
  2. BěiFānghuà proper noun Northern dialect; Mandarin
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Dialects spoken north of the Yangtze (Guoyu '北方話'; Wikipedia '官话')