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TheQingdao dialect is the local dialect of the city ofQingdao and nearby towns, in China'sShandong Province.

Often characterized as requiring a "fat tongue", the Qingdao dialect often adds a/θ/ (English "th") sound toMandarin's/ʂ/ (Pinyin "sh"),/ɕ/ (Pinyin "x"), and/s/ (Pinyin "s"). It also obliterates manyMandarin tones.

The basic, though not at all universal rule for converting Putonghua to the Qingdao dialect in thepinyin system is that a Mandarin 1 tone will become a Qingdao 3, 2 becomes a 4, 3 becomes 1 and 4 remains four. The Qingdao dialect's 1 tone (Mandarin's 3) also has a drawl to it. (the pinyin tones are: 1ˉ 2ˊ 3ˇ 4ˋ)

There are other phonetic changes from Mandarin to the Qingdao dialect:

• "gá •la" (蛤蜊), the local spicyclam dish, known in Mandarin as "gé •li"
• "hā pì jiū" (喝啤酒), drinkbeer
• "bài dào •dao" (别叨叨), meaning "no need to say more", but better understood to mean "shut up". Literally translated as "don't blather on".
• "Zhei Ba (窄巴), narrow (窄 is pronounced as Zhei in Qingdao dialect, different from Zhai in Putonghua)
• "Biao (彪)/ Chao (嘲)/ Ban Xian (半仙)/ Yu (愚), stupid^[1]

Nearly all Qingdao natives can understand Mandarin, but they will often respond in the Qingdao dialect without realizing they are doing so. The Qingdao dialect is not necessarily standardized throughout Qingdao. Different neighbourhoods, fromZhanshan toXinjiazhuang toMaidao, will have their own variations.

Qingdao's urban dialect words originated between the 1940s and the 1960s. It has slowly developed its own "-isms" and slang over the years.

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• 鲁葱的母语：青岛话 (in Chinese)
• 青岛市志•方言志 (in Chinese)
• 鲁葱的母语：青岛话(in Chinese)

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