方言 fāng yán

DEFINITIONS

  1. the first Chinese dialect dictionary, edited by Yang Xiong 揚雄|扬雄[Yang2 Xiong2] in 1st century, containing over 9000 characters
  2. topolect
  3. dialect

CHARACTERS

方 fāng a square, rectangle; a region; local
言 yán words, speech; speak, say