北方话 běi Fāng huà

1. běi Fāng huà proper noun Mandarin; Regional Northern Dialect
   Domain: Linguistics 语言学 , Subdomain: China , Concept: Dialect 方言
   Notes: Dialect across Northern China, including areas north of the Yangtze and Southwest China. This is in contrast to 官话, which literally mean language of officials; Mandarins (Norman 1988, p. 181; Sun 2006, loc. 143)
2. běiFānghuà proper noun Northern dialect; Mandarin
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: Dialects spoken north of the Yangtze (Guoyu '北方話'; Wikipedia '官话')