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0Welcome back to our dialect series! In this episode, host Daisy sits down with her best friend, 石老师（Shí lǎoshī）, a true local from Chongqing. Together, they dive into the fiery and straightforward world of 重庆话 (Chongqing dialect).
Why does Chongqing dialect sound like people are arguing? And how do locals keep this unique dialect alive? 🤔
You’ll hear:
The real geography of Chongqing and why locals always speak their dialect.
A heartwarming story about Shi Laoshi’s 3-year-old daughter, Qíduō, who speaks fluent Chongqing dialect and surprises everyone with old-school slang she learns from her grandparents.
The sad reality of dialect loss and why Shi Laoshi insists on making Chongqing dialect her daughter’s first language.
Hot expressions: How to describe spicy hotpot.
Fun slang: How they say 臊皮 (embarrassing), 捡耙和 (getting a bargain), and 嘿相因 (very cheap)?
The characteristics of Chongqing dialect: Loud, straightforward, and full of cute reduplicated words like 神戳戳 and 瓜兮兮!
👭 Interactive Games: Shi Laoshi reads an HSK3 textbook dialogue in Chongqing dialect, and Daisy tests Shi Laoshi’s dialect level with a fun translation quiz!
This episode is perfect for intermediate to advanced learners who want to go beyond standard Mandarin and experience the real, unfiltered Chinese spoken in the streets of Chongqing.
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📖 Useful Vocabulary from this episode (by HSK Level)
HSK 3
家乡 (jiāxiāng) – hometown
环境 (huánjìng) – environment
流利 (liúlì) – fluent
表达 (biǎodá) – expression
交流 (jiāoliú) – communicate
吵架（chǎojià）- to quarrel
HSK 4
正式 (zhèngshì) – formal
普通话 (pǔtōnghuà) – Mandarin
亲切（qīnqiè）- kind, cordial
HSK 5
方言 (fāngyán) – dialect
传承 (chuánchéng) – to inherit / pass down
掌握（zhǎngwò）- to master
接触（jiēchù）- to contact
沟通 (gōutōng) – communicate
HSK 6+
叠词 (diécí) – reduplicated words
灵魂（línghún）- soul, spirit
土生土长（tǔshēngtǔzhǎng）- locally borned and bred
爆发（bàofā）- to burst out
印记（yìnjì）- a mark, a seal
豪爽 (háoshuǎng) – straightforward and forthright
💬 Join the Conversation
Do you have a dialect in your hometown? Do young people still speak it?
Which Chongqing slang word did you find the most interesting?
How do you say "spicy" in your language?
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🎵BGM：《重庆得行》
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