It is not good to eat in Dalian dialect. In Dalian dialect, unpalatable means eating. The average family member will shout "Don't eat bad food when eating", which means that you are told to eat, but you don't eat. The most obvious feature of Dalian dialect is that there are no 55 tones in Mandarin, and all the 55 tones in Mandarin are pronounced as three tones except a few words.

Dalian dialect belongs to Jiaoliao Mandarin-Denglian Dialect-Daxiao Dialect and Wei Yan Dialect, which absorbs foreign words such as Japanese, Russian and English. It is called "Li Hai Wei Zi Er Dialect" and does not belong to Northeast Dialect. In addition, the tone values of the other three tones are completely different from those of Putonghua, and the nasal sounds are relatively heavy.

Characteristics of Dalian dialect

The taste of oysters describes the taste of Dalian dialect and Yantai dialect. It is said that Dalian dialect and Yantai dialect smell like oysters and are household names in Dalian and Yantai.

Oyster is an oyster, a kind of shellfish, and one of the specialties of Bohai Sea. Oysters are delicious and nutritious, suitable for raw cooked food. Locals in Dalian and Yantai in Bohai Bay especially like to eat raw food, but foreigners, especially northerners, can't eat it.

The first person to associate Dalian dialect and Yantai dialect with oysters should not be a native of Dalian. Because foreigners are not used to Dalian dialect and Bohai oysters, it is estimated that the two concepts will be linked, which is actually quite appropriate. Locals in Dalian and Yantai are also happy to accept this name.