Shanghainese

He's from Shanghai, so he also speaks Shanghainese, which I also understand, so it's a lot to take in.

He settled on a unique blend that took cues from his mother, who speaks Mandarin and Shanghainese, and from his uncles from mainland China.

Sweet and sour is a common taste in Shanghainese cuisine, while Szechuan food is known for its extensive use of the numbing peppercorn of the same name.

You can check off another Chinese New Year staple while you're here and order some xiao long bao, a customer favorite that makes this Shanghainese joint a must-visit.

For example, Shanghainese has two contrastive tones no matter how many syllables are in a word.

For example, 沙发／沙發 "sofa" and 马达／馬達 "motor" in Shanghainese sound more like their English counterparts.

From early 20th century Shanghainese, many English words are borrowed, such as 高尔夫／高爾夫 gāoěrfū "golf" and the above-mentioned 沙发／沙發 shāfā "sofa".

One exception from this is Shanghainese which has reduced the set of tones to a two-toned pitch accent system much like modern Japanese.

Shanghainese has taken this pattern to its extreme, as the pitches of all syllables are determined by the tone before them, so that only the tone of the initial syllable of a word is distinctive.

Shanghainese people like putting sugar and youtiao inside steamed sticky rice.

The cheongsam went along well with the western overcoat and the scarf, and portrayed a unique East Asian modernity, epitomizing the Shanghainese population in general.

The "muddy" consonants in Shanghainese are slack voice; they contrast with tenuis and aspirated consonants.