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Shenyang Mandarin (Chinese:沈阳话) is a dialect ofNortheastern Mandarin used by people in and aroundShenyang, the capital ofLiaoning province and the largest city inNortheast China. It is very close toStandard Chinese but has some notably distinctive words. Some people consider it a strong accent rather than a distinct dialect. Because of its similarity to the standard language,pinyin can be used to represent its pronunciation. Its usage is dwindling as schools in Shenyang teach only the standard language.

Shenyang dialect has 19 initial consonants, as opposed to the 21 inStandard Mandarin. Notably, the retroflex consonants[ʈ͡ʂ],[ʈ͡ʂʰ] and[ʂ] in Standard Mandarin are pronounced as[t͡s],[t͡sʰ] and[s], respectively, while[ɻ] is omitted. While lost in Standard Mandarin,Middle Chinese[ɳ] is preserved in the Shenyang dialect.[v] also exists in the Shenyang dialect.^[1]

Standard Mandarin diphthongs tend to be pronounced as monophthongs in the Shenyang dialect. For example,[ai] becomes[æ], and[au] becomes[ɔ].^[1]

The most distinctive aspect of the Shenyang dialect is the much lower pitch of the first tone than in Standard Mandarin. It would be positioned at 2, rather than 5, on the chart shown (right). As a result, it can sound rather like the third tone.

Like theBeijing dialect, the Shenyang dialect is characterized byerhua (儿化).

Some of the words in the Shenyang dialect come from other languages like theManchu language. One example is 旮旯儿gālár 'corner'.

Examples of words in various Northeastern dialects (not necessarily specific to Shenyang) include:

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