Definition

Examples

• 很多农村老人只会说土话，不会说普通话。
  Hěnduō nóngcūn lǎorén zhǐ huì shuō tǔ huà, bú huì shuō pǔtōnghuà.
  Many elderly people in rural areas only speak their local dialect and can't speak Mandarin.
• 他讲的那种土话我一句话也听不懂。
  Tā jiǎng de nà zhǒng tǔ huà wǒ yí jù huà yě tīng bù dǒng.
  I couldn't understand a single word of that dialect he was speaking.
• 这个词是这里的土话，词典上查不到。
  Zhège cí shì zhèlǐ de tǔ huà, cídiǎn shàng chá bú dào.
  This word is local slang; you won't find it in the dictionary.